Araco Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Hitoshi Yanase

Koji Ito

Yasunori Hasegawa

Hisaaki Kato

Yoshiyuki Amamiya

Setsu Takuma

Nobuhito Takai

Hiromi Kondo

Mitsuyoshi Ohno

Hidetaka Nagayasu

Masanori Oyabu

Masayuki Kato

Shigeyoshi Toda

Shigeharu Nakai

Mituyoshi Ohno

Masahito Kanehara

Kenji Matsuzaki

A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a seating region. A first seating sensor is disposed at a central portion of the seating region and can detect a first seating position of an occupant. A second seating sensor is disposed at a peripheral portion of the seating region and can detect a second seating position of the occupant.

Vehicle seats

A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a cushion pad deformable to be flexed when a seating load of an occupant is applied. A seating sensor is disposed within the seat cushion for detecting a seating position of the occupant. The seating sensor is configured as a push-in switch and can detect the seating position of the occupant when the seating sensor is pressed by the cushion pad. A fragile region is interleaved between the seating sensor and the cushion pad at a pressure receiving region where the pressing force is applied to the seating sensor. The fragile region has rigidity lower than the cushion pad.

A structure allows a functional member to be attached to an alloy frame without welding. In the state where a ratchet is disposed on a second side of the frame having an attachment bracket supported on a first side, a first fastener member is inserted through the functional member, frame, and attachment bracket so as to be received by a second fastener member provided in the attachment bracket.

Attachment structure of functional member

A seat structure having a side impact air bag apparatus, constructed such that the air bag apparatus, which is integrated into a side portion of a seat back which side portion opposes a vehicle door, is activated at the time of a side impact such that a sewn portion of a seat surface layer, which is formed by sewing a front seat surface layer for covering the front of the seat back to a side seat surface layer for covering the side of the seat back, breaks and an air bag body inflates between a side portion of a vehicle body and the side of a vehicle occupant, comprising a sheet member provided inside the side seat surface layer integrally with the side seat surface layer, the sheet member being harder to stretch than the side seat surface layer, and one end of the sheet member being sewn to the sewn portion; and a fixing member provided inside the seat back, the fixing member being engaged with another end of the sheet member which is provided on the opposite side of the one end of the sheet member.

Seat structure having a side impact air bag apparatus

A vehicle seat is equipped with a side air bag assembly, the air bag of which is assembled within a side cavity formed in one side of a back rest of the vehicle seat in a folded condition. A rear attachment board is mounted on a support frame of the back rest, and has a back portion formed to cover the rear face of the back rest and a side portion formed to cover the air bag in the side cavity. The side portion of the rear attachment board is formed as a door portion to be opened outwardly when applied with a thrusting force caused by inflation of the air bag.

Vehicle seat with side air bag assembly

A vehicle seat equipped with a side air bag assembly the air bag of which is assembled within a side cavity formed in one side of a back rest of the vehicle seat in a folded condition. A rear attachment board is mounted on a support frame of the back rest, the rear attachment board having a back portion formed to cover the rear face of the back rest and a side portion formed to cover the air bag in the side cavity. The side portion of the rear attachment board is formed with an opening which is opposed to the air bag in the side cavity and closed by a door plate hinged at one side thereof to the rear attachment board at one side of the opening to be opened outwardly when a thrust force caused by inflation of the air bag is applied. The door plate is normally retained in a closed position by engagement with the other side of the opening.

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Hitoshi Yanase