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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2017
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Fumitoshi Akaike, Aichi-ken, JP;
Koji Kaneda, Aichi-ken, JP;
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle seat including: a seat back including a top plate main part configured to support a body of a seated person from the rear side and a top plate side part configured to protrude more forward than the top plate main part to support the body of the seated person from the lateral side; a side adjuster configured to move the top plate side part between a protruding position in which the top plate side part protrudes more forward than the top plate main part and a retracted position in which the top plate side part is retracted from the protruding position; and a controller configured to, in a case where a side collision of a vehicle is detected, drive and control the side adjuster so that the top plate side part is in the protruding position.