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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2020
Nhk Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Katsube, Kanagawa, JP;
Donghyoun Kim, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Oki, Kanagawa, JP;
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle seat is provided including a base section fixed to a floor of a vehicle, a pair of seat sections that are disposed opposing each other as viewed along a seat width direction, that are each supported by the base section so as to be capable of tilting between a horizontal position and an upright position, and that each include plural cushion sections disposed in series and configured to support the body of an occupant, and a hinge mechanism that attaches the pair of seat sections to the base section such that the seat sections are capable of tilting, and that couples the plural cushion sections together such that the cushion sections are capable of swinging about an axis running along the seat width direction.