Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Shinji Kamiya

Kimiyasu Kurokawa

Akihisa Ninomiya

An armrest includes a base member serving as a framework, a cushioning pad provided on the base member, a cover wrapping the base member and the cushioning pad, and a planar heater disposed such that an electric heating wire is laid between the cushioning pad and the cover. The base member has an outer peripheral surface having a curved surface that is curved downward from an upper surface of the base member. The cushioning pad has a curved cover that covers the outer peripheral surface of the base member across the upper surface and the curved surface. The heater has a curved portion disposed such that the heating wire is laid between the curved cover and the cover.

Armrest

A seat frame includes: a first side frame and a second side frame; a structural member connected to at least one of the first side frame and the second side frame; and a coupling member welded to the at least one of the side frames. The coupling member has a cylindrical portion, a closing portion, and a protruding portion having a smaller outer shape than the cylindrical portion, and protruding outward in an axial direction of the cylindrical portion from the closing portion. The at least one of the side frames is provided with a protruding portion insertion hole that allows insertion of the protruding portion and has a shape smaller than the outer shape of the cylindrical portion. The protruding portion is welded to the at least one of the side frames while being positioned in the protruding portion insertion hole.

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Aichi-ken, Japan

Shinji Kamiya