US 11,951,890 B2
Seat side bolster apparatus and control method thereof
Jae Keun Park, Hwaseong-si (KR); Do Hyun Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Sung Hyun Jo, Suwon-si (KR); Seung Joon Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Jae Sang Lim, Osan-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED, Seosan-si (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED, Seosan-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,908.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0092428 (KR), filed on Jul. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0018645 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/58 (2006.01); A47C 1/023 (2006.01); B60N 2/62 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/99 (2018.02) [B60N 2/0224 (2013.01); B60N 2/58 (2013.01); A47C 1/023 (2013.01); B60N 2/02253 (2023.08); B60N 2/62 (2013.01); B60N 2/986 (2018.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat side bolster apparatus comprising:
a driving unit provided under a foam pad of a seat cushion, the driving unit being configured to be moved upwards and downwards by operation of an actuator and to press the foam pad upwards when moving upwards; and
a covering bracket connected to the driving unit so as to be moved upwards and downwards together with the driving unit, the covering bracket being configured to allow an end of a covering enveloping the foam pad of the seat cushion to be fixed thereto,
wherein the driving unit comprises:
a support plate provided under the foam pad; and
a link bracket configured to enable the support plate and the covering bracket to be driven in response to operation of the actuator, and
wherein, when the link bracket is moved upwards by operation of the actuator, the support plate presses the foam pad upwards and moves the covering bracket upwards.