B60N2/5825

HANGING STRUCTURE FOR SEAT FOAM
20220330704 · 2022-10-20 ·

Disclosed is a fastening structure for a seating foam, comprising a foam and a reinforcement fabric, and characterized in that the fastening structure is directly provided at a reinforcement fabric at a location corresponding to a fastening position, and is connected to the reinforcement fabric. The fastening structure of the present invention simultaneously meets two functional requirements of a foam, namely reinforcement of a side B of the foam and fastening of an exterior side A of the foam. The novel fastening structure of the present invention saves space, is thin and light, enhances the strength of the foam against a pull-out force, and optimizes a foam production process.

SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE BASED ON OCCUPANT'S INTENT

A system for controlling a vehicle includes: an occupant gaze recognition unit to recognize a gaze of an occupant in the vehicle; a point of interest determination unit to determine the point of interest among an external object visible through a side window of the vehicle based on the gaze of the occupant; and a seat position control unit to change a seat position of the occupant to enable a continuous stare at the point of interest according to a movement of the vehicle.

Vehicle seat

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion including a cover, a frame and a pad, a plurality of parts of the cover being restrained to the frame and the pad; a cushion airbag device mounted in a front portion in the seat cushion and configured to inflate and deploy an airbag at a time of a frontal collision of a vehicle; and a restraint release part provided in a part of the cover positioned at at least one side in a seat front-rear direction with respect to the cushion airbag device among the plurality of parts of the cover. The restraint release part is configured to release the restraint of the part of the cover with an inflation pressure of the airbag.

Screwless shoulder bezel attachment for a vehicle seat

A lever assembly includes a lever housing attached to a seat back of a vehicle seat. The lever assembly includes a bracket attached to the lever housing, and the bracket includes a bracket opening. The lever assembly includes a lever bezel including a bezel opening, the lever bezel is received in the lever housing, and the bezel opening aligns with the bracket opening. The lever assembly includes a lever pivotally mounted to the level bezel and a clip received in the bezel opening and the bracket opening to secure the lever bezel to the lever housing.

ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR A SEAT COVERING
20230061078 · 2023-03-02 ·

An attachment system for a vehicular seat covering, the attachment system having an engagement portion and an extension portion. The engagement portion removably engages an upper portion of the vehicular seat and the extension portion interconnects the engagement portion and the seat covering extending from a proximal end of the extension portion. Opposite the seat covering, the extension portion provides a plurality of attachment points to which the engagement portion can selectively attach. Thereby, the elevation of the dependent seat covering is selectively adjustable through selecting one of the plurality of attachment points from which to hang the extension portion from the engagement portion.

SEAT BACK TRIM RETAINER
20220332231 · 2022-10-20 ·

A vehicle seat trim retainer that can be installed on a vehicle seat. The seat trim retainer includes a base retainer with a base retainer foundation and an inner flange. The base retainer foundation includes a stabilizing feature at one end and a base tip at an opposing end. The inner flange includes a C-shaped channel and a channel extender, with the channel extender including a channel flange.

SEAT COVER FASTENING
20230104258 · 2023-04-06 ·

A molded seat cushion is adapted for receiving a seat cover by providing an adhesive on either or both of a flexible fastener sheet and a selected area of a molded foam cushion surface, positioning the flexible fastener sheet to cover the selected area, and allowing the adhesive to set to permanently bond the flexible fastener sheet over the selected area of the molded foam cushion surface. The selected area features a three-dimensional contour that the flexible fastener sheet follows as bonded. A related flexible fastener product has a non-woven textile sheet and a resin layer secured to the textile sheet and carrying an array of discrete male touch fastener elements. The resin layer includes multiple parallel strips of resin, each resin strip carrying respective touch fastener elements, with each pair of adjacent strips separated by an exposed lane of the non-woven textile sheet.

CONVEYANCE SEAT
20230144452 · 2023-05-11 ·

Provided is a conveyance seat having a good seating feeling and a suitable shock absorbing structure at the time of a rear collision. A conveyance seat has a configuration in which a cushion material is placed on a back frame and is covered with a skin material. The back frame includes right and left side frames which constitute side portions in a seat width direction and extend in an up to down direction. A surface of a cushion front portion disposed on a seat front side of the back frame in the cushion material is provided with a skin pull-in groove for pulling an end of the skin material and a surface groove disposed on the outside of the skin pull-in groove in the seat width direction and extending in the up to down direction. A back surface of the cushion front portion is provided with a back surface groove which is disposed between the skin pull-in groove and the surface groove in the seat width direction and extends in the up to down direction. The surface groove is disposed at a position overlapping the side frame in the front to back direction of the seat.

Vehicle seat
11642983 · 2023-05-09 · ·

A wire harness connected to a sensor is positioned on a back surface of a pad of a vehicle seat supported by a panel. The vehicle seat (1) includes a panel (4); a pad (11, 51) supported by the panel; a skin material (12, 52) covering a front surface of the pad; and a sensor (32) provided between the front surface of the pad and the skin material for acquiring information on a seat occupant, wherein the pad is provided with a through hole (35, 58) passed from the front surface of the pad to a back surface of the pad, and a recess (45, 61) formed in the back surface of the pad and connected to the through hole, the wire harness connected to the sensor extending in the through hole and the recess.

VEHICLE SEAT
20170368971 · 2017-12-28 · ·

A vehicle seat including a seat back, the seat back including: a back frame serving as a framework; a top plate main seat pad that is a covered cushion member attached to the back frame and serving as a support structure at the center in a seat width direction; a top plate side seat pad that is a covered cushion member attached to the back frame and serving as support structures on both sides in the seat width direction; and a headrest, wherein the top plate main seat pad includes, at its upper portion, an annular portion having an opening portion in which the headrest is inserted and placed, and an open annular base member, which is harder than the top plate main seat pad and whose front surface portion is opened, is disposed on a surface of the annular portion at an inner side of the seat.