Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Ts Tech Co., Ltd.

Kota Yamamoto

Akira Nakajima

Toshimitsu Mizukoshi

Masaki Shimazu

Taiji Misono

Yuki Fukuda

Hiromitsu Nagatomo

Koji Onuma

Soichiro Kamei

A vehicle seat includes: a frame provided in at least one of a seat cushion and a seat back; an internal support member for supporting an occupant, the internal support member including a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within the frame and extending substantially in parallel with the frame, and a pair of inclined portions extending laterally outward from at least a part of either lateral side of the main body with a slant away from the frame; a pad placed on a front side of the frame and the internal support member; a skin member covering the pad; and a clip securing another member to one of the inclined portions. The one inclined portion is formed with a tubular portion projecting from a back side thereof orthogonally to the main body, the tubular portion internally defining a mounting hole receiving the clip therein.

Vehicle seat having internal support member

A cushion pan includes a front and rear support part that extends from the front end to the rear end of a seat cushion and faces the lower face of the femoral region of an occupant and side support parts that extend obliquely upward from both right and left side edges of the front and rear support part and face side faces of the buttocks of the occupant. In addition, the front and rear support part and the side support parts may be integrally formed to reduce the number of components and assembling steps.

Vehicle seat having cushion pan and metal frame

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Wako, Japan

Kota Yamamoto