Ts Tech Co., Ltd.

Harley-davidson Motor Company Group, LLC

Elizabeth Chambers

Katsuhiro Kiya

Ben McGinley

Justin Schrand

Kenneth G Luckjohn

Anthony Senger

Hideki Tokumoto

Nicholas Domicone

Sam Schacht

Ashley E Keach

Hideo Mitsui

Nathan A Hartley

Samual T Schacht

Jeffrey J Finni

A vehicle seat includes a cushion material and a cover for covering the cushion material. The cover includes a load receiving portion configured to receive a load of a seated occupant. The load receiving portion includes a large thickness portion and a small thickness portion that are located next to each other in a first direction that intersects with a thickness direction of the cover. Each of the large and small thickness portions includes an elastic layer compressive in the thickness direction and a lower cover layer located closer to the cushion material than the elastic layer in the thickness direction. The elastic layer of the small thickness portion is compressed such that the thickness of the small thickness portion is smaller than the thickness of the large thickness portion. The lower cover layer of the large thickness portion is partially cut off to form a cutoff portion.

Vehicle seat

In a vehicle seat, a base frame is provided at a back side of a cushion pad to support the cushion pad, and an outer covering is configured to cover a front side of the cushion pad and fixed to the base frame. The outer covering includes a first portion. A receptacle hole is provided at the front side of a cushion pad. An actuator is configured to move the first portion to a first position in which part of the first portion is located inside the receptacle hole, and to a second position farther away from the base frame than the first position. An elastic member is provided in the receptacle hole, connected to the part of the first portion, and configured to bias the first portion toward the base frame.

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Reynoldsburg, OH, United States of America

Elizabeth Chambers