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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2007
Dan Wissner, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Mike Hard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Doug Krueger, Macomb, MI (US);
Katsuhito Yamauchi, Novi, MI (US);
Yukihide Hamajima, Toyota, JP;
Satoshi Nonoyama, Toyota, JP;
Tomoki Nii, Kasugai, JP;
Dan Wissner, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Mike Hard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Doug Krueger, Macomb, MI (US);
Katsuhito Yamauchi, Novi, MI (US);
Yukihide Hamajima, Toyota, JP;
Satoshi Nonoyama, Toyota, JP;
Tomoki Nii, Kasugai, JP;
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Toyota Boshoku America, Inc, Novi, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat back for a vehicular seat has a plate member for supporting a back of a pad and an elastic support mechanism for holding the plate member for moving the plate member in a forward and backward direction. The plate member includes a thoracic vertebra avoiding portion having at least one of a hole and a recessed portion recessed in a direction away from the thoracic vertebrae of a user, so as to avoid a pushing force to the thoracic vertebrae. In addition the thoracic vertebra avoiding portion is vertically elongated at a substantially widthwise center position of the plate member and has a width of 40 to 100 mm.