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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2007
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Masato Ohchi, Toyota, JP;
Masaharu Tanino, Toyota, JP;
Shinji Suzuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Masato Ohchi, Toyota, JP;
Masaharu Tanino, Toyota, JP;
Shinji Suzuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat body having a seat back, a pair of left and right legs, a headrest coupled to the seat back at above the seat back through the pair of legs, load detecting means provided on the seat back and having a movable part that displaces in a predetermined direction upon undergoing a load from the front of the seat back; a first interacting member mechanically coupled to one leg of the pair and to the movable part of the load detecting means, to move one leg of the pair in conjunction with a displacement of the movable part caused upon undergoing the load, thereby displacing the headrest frontward, and a second interacting member mechanically coupled to the other leg of the pair and to the first interacting member, to move the other leg of the pair in conjunction with a movement of the first interacting member caused upon moving the one leg of the pair, thereby displacing the headrest frontward.