Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Ryunosuke Seki

Kohshi Katoh

Tetsuya Nagai

Masatoshi Hada

Takashi Sugimoto

Osamu Oda

Kenji Iida

Akira Takinami

Koki Kunugi

In the vehicle seat, rear suspension members are provided at two positions spaced away from each other in a lateral direction on an edge of a seat cushion near a seatback, and support the seat cushion while the seat cushion is suspended from a seat cushion support frame so that the seat cushion is movable in the lateral direction. A front suspension member is provided at one position or two positions spaced away from each other in the lateral direction on ahead of the rear suspension members, and supports the seat cushion while the seat cushion is suspended from the seat cushion support frame so that the seat cushion is movable in the lateral direction.

Vehicle seat for supporting seat cushion while permitting lateral movement

A headrest is supported by an upper lateral member and a lower lateral member of a seat frame. A headrest stay is inserted through each of guide slots, both of which are formed in both the upper lateral member and the lower lateral member, and an extension wire is hooked on a lower end of the headrest stay. In a rear-collision, a seat back is retreated by a force received from a seated passenger, and a tension of the tension wire is accordingly loosened, which causes the headrest to be tilted forward by an urging force of tilt springs.

Vehicle seat

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Shizuoka, Japan

Ryunosuke Seki