Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Masaki Hatano

Hideki Fujisawa

Kazuya Iwasa

Motohiro Kokubo

Hiroaki Hayahara

A seat for a vehicle includes a seat cushion frame reciprocating between seating and retracted positions, a seat back frame rotatable between standing and forward-tilted positions, a head rest movable between stationary and retracted positions, a pair of links provided at both end portions of the seat cushion frame on a floor in a lateral direction of the vehicle, a guide member including a guide groove extending between the seating and retracted positions, a slide member arranged at the seat cushion frame and sliding along the guide groove, a head rest retaining device retaining the head rest in the stationary position, a rotary member supported by the seat back frame and rotated by the slide member, and an interlocking device arranged between the rotary member and the head rest retaining device and releasing the head rest from the stationary position in accordance with a rotation of the rotary member.

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Nagoya, Japan

Masaki Hatano