The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 23, 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 elastically holding the plate member for moving the plate member in a forward and backward direction with respect to a seat back frame. The plate member includes a first plate portion, a second plate portion positioned on the lower side of the first plate portion, and a third plate portion positioned on the lower side of the second plate portion. The first and third plate portions are more narrow than the second plate portion. The elastic support mechanism includes a rod-shaped elastic bridge member extending horizontally over the seat back frame on the back of the second plate portion. In addition, the elastic bridge member includes a bent portion at the center position as bent along the second plate portion toward the first plate portion.