Ikeda Bussan Co. Ltd.

Yuji Tagawa

Hisao Tamura

Shuichi Tokumitsu

A vehicle seat is provided with a seat belt winding retractor, in which the seat belt retractor is secured through a fixed bracket to the side section rear end side of a seat cushion. A wire guide is attached to the fixed bracket to guide a seat belt in a flattened state to the entrance of the seat belt winding retractor. The guide allows for the winding and unwinding of the belt by preventing bending and twisting of the seat belt, especially when a front seat back is folded forward to allow entry to the rear seat.

Vehicle seat belt winding system having angled guide wire

In an automotive seat having a main slide mechanism by which the entire of the seat is movable to a desired position relative to a vehicle floor, there is provided an auxiliary slide mechanism which is arranged between the main slide mechanism and a seat cushion of the seat to adjust the position of the seat cushion in the fore-and-aft direction relative to a movable member of the main slide mechanism. The auxiliary slide mechanism comprises a first rectangular frame structure secured to the movable member of the main slide mechanism, a second rectangular frame structure slidably disposed on the first rectangular frame structure and mounting thereon the seat cushion, and an operating device for adjusting the position of the second frame structure relative to the first frame structure.

Automotive seat

A vehicle seat whose seat back can be collapsed forward in relation to the seat cushion and wherein the projected upper end of a bracket located on the side of the seat cushion is covered by a hinge cover made of synthetic resin to separate the projected end of a bolt from the side of the seat back, so that the surface cover material on the seat back can be prevented from breaking because of the direct contact between the front end of the bolt and the side of the seat back.

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Ayase, Japan

Yuji Tagawa