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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2023
Nhk Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yukinori Mikita, Yokohama, JP;
Kensuke Yoshiga, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Fumito Kitanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Takano, Tokyo, JP;
NHK SPRING CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a hinge cover and a reclining lever. The hinge cover is disposed at a side portion of a seat cushion, and has an opening through which a recliner shaft of a recliner provided between the seat cushion and a seat back passes. The reclining lever is disposed at an outer side in a seat width direction with respect to the hinge cover, is rotatable about the recliner shaft to unlock the recliner, and has a protrusion protruding inward in the seat width direction, the protrusion facing an edge portion of the opening in a radial direction of the recliner shaft.