Ikeda Bussan Co. Ltd.

Ikeda Kinzokukuogyo Co, Ltd.

Hisao Tamura

Takayuki Mouri

Yuji Tagawa

Daishiro Sakamoto

Takuji Kawakami

Shuichi Tokumitsu

Disclosed herein is a latch device for use in a foldable backrest of an automotive seat. The latch device comprises a striker secured to a fixed member other than the backrest; a base member secured to the backrest to move therewith; a latch member pivotally supported by the base member, the latch member being latchingly engageable with the striker when the backrest assumes a given raised position; biasing means for biasing the latch member in a direction to achieve a latched engagement between the latch member and the striker; a latch cancelling mechanism connected to the latch member for pivoting the latch member in a direction to release the striker when moved in a given direction; a one-way mechanism interposed between the latch cancelling mechanism and the latch member, the one way mechanism permitting only a transmission of movement from the latch cancelling mechanism to the latch member; and a stopper mechanism including a lever moved with the latch cancelling mechanism and stopper rod which is projectable into a position to interrupt the movement of the lever.

Latch device for foldable backrest of automotive seat

In an automotive seat having a main slide mechanism by which the entire of the seat is movable to a desired position relative to a vehicle floor, there is provided an auxiliary slide mechanism which is arranged between the main slide mechanism and a seat cushion of the seat to adjust the position of the seat cushion in the fore-and-aft direction relative to a movable member of the main slide mechanism. The auxiliary slide mechanism comprises a first rectangular frame structure secured to the movable member of the main slide mechanism, a second rectangular frame structure slidably disposed on the first rectangular frame structure and mounting thereon the seat cushion, and an operating device for adjusting the position of the second frame structure relative to the first frame structure.

Automotive seat

A position adjustable see-through headrest comprises a lower frame shaft which extends across parallel headrest stays extending from a seatback, a pivotal reversed U-shaped structure pivotally connected to the lower frame shaft so as to be pivotal about the axis of the lower frame shaft, a position adjusting mechanism arranged between the pivotal reversed U-shaped structure and the lower frame shaft in a manner to lock the pivotal reversed U-shaped structure to a selected one of the angular positions relative to the fixed lower frame shaft, a cover member covering the mechanism so as to conceal the same from the exterior of the cover member without affecting the function of the mechanism, and a pad member covering substantially entire of a unit which includes the lower frame shaft, the pivotal reversed U-shaped structure and the position adjusting mechanism.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hisao Tamura