US 12,252,046 B2
Vehicle seat
Takayuki Asakura, Tokyo (JP); Akihide Onodera, Tokyo (JP); Satoshi Obara, Tokyo (JP); Hiroshi Eguchi, Yokohama (JP); Hiroyuki Yasui, Yokohama (JP); Nilesh Firke, Maharashtra (IN); Ajeet Tasagave, Maharashtra (IN); and Abhinav Chaubey, Maharashtra (IN)
Assigned to Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US); Subaru Corporation, Tokyo (JP); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Adient Engineering and IP GmbH, Burscheid (DE); Subaru Corporation, Tokyo (JP); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,048.
Claims priority of application No. 202141019293 (IN), filed on Apr. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340055 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/427 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/42763 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat, comprising:
a seat back;
a seat cushion; and
side frames arranged on left and right edge parts of the seat cushion, wherein the seat cushion comprises:
a seat frame;
a cushion pad portion above the seat frame;
a first submarining suppression portion below the cushion pad portion; and
a second submarining suppression portion below the cushion pad portion, the second submarining suppression portion arranged on a side of the first submarining suppression portion closer to the seat back,
wherein the first submarining suppression portion is a first suppression member in a tubular shape extending lengthwise in a width direction of the vehicle seat and having left and right ends joined to the side frames,
wherein the second submarining suppression portion is a second suppression member in a tubular or plate shape extending lengthwise in the width direction and having left and right ends joined to the side frames; and
a third suppression member in a tubular or plate shape extending lengthwise in the width direction and having left and right ends joined to the side frames and
a connecting member that is located between the side frames,
wherein the connecting member is joined to the first suppression member at a lower side of the first suppression member, joined to the second suppression member along an upper side of the second suppression member, and joined to the third suppression member at an upper side of the third suppression member.