US 11,787,321 B2
Vehicle seat
Tohru Inagaki, Tokyo (JP); and Takumi Sato, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,030.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-013273 (JP), filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242291 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47C 7/62 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/90 (2018.02) [B60R 16/03 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat back including a support surface that supports an occupant's back;
a recessed portion that is provided on a back surface of the seat back opposite to the support surface and formed to be recessed from the back surface toward the inside of the seat back;
a socket provided inside the recessed portion, to which an external device is connected, and which is provided to face the back surface of the seat back in an inclined direction; and
a socket cover that rotates around a rotation axis between a closed state in which the socket is covered and an open state in which the socket is exposed,
wherein a first end portion of the socket cover on which the rotation axis is provided is provided further inside the seat back with respect to a second end portion located on a side opposite to the rotation axis, and
the socket cover is provided inside the recessed portion and located further inside the seat back with respect to an opening surface of the recessed portion regardless of the open or closed state of the socket cover.