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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2009
Applicant:
Taiyo Otsuka, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Taiyo Otsuka, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/42 (2006.01); B60N 2/427 (2006.01); B60N 2/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A coupling arm presses a first or second arm of a swing member, connected to a frame of a seat back, by an occupant's backrest load caused by a rear-end collision of a vehicle to pivotally move the swing member. The first arm receives a first backrest load via the coupling arm and the second arm receives a second backrest load, which is larger than the first backrest load, via the coupling arm. The first and second arms are set so that a maximum pivot amount of the swing member when the first arm is pressed to pivot is equal to a maximum pivot amount of the swing member when the second arm is pressed to pivot.