US 12,005,812 B2
Vehicle seat
Hidetoshi Ozawa, Tochigi (JP); and Naohiro Sasaki, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/183,412.
Application 18/183,412 is a continuation of application No. 17/273,041, granted, now 11,642,983, previously published as PCT/JP2019/026344, filed on Jul. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-164256 (JP), filed on Sep. 3, 2018; application No. 2018-192290 (JP), filed on Oct. 11, 2018; and application No. 2018-192291 (JP), filed on Oct. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0226955 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/002 (2013.01) [B60N 2/5621 (2013.01); B60N 2/5628 (2013.01); B60N 2/5635 (2013.01); B60N 2/5657 (2013.01); B60N 2/5685 (2013.01); B60R 16/0215 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat, comprising a seat cushion and a seat back,
wherein the seat cushion includes:
a pad;
a skin material covering an upper surface of the pad; and
a sensor provided between the upper surface of the pad and the skin material for acquiring information on a seat occupant,
wherein the pad is provided with a through hole passed from the upper surface of the pad to a lower surface of the pad, and a recess formed in the lower surface of the pad and connected to the through hole, the sensor being connected to a wire harness extending in the through hole and the recess,
wherein the pad includes a rigid part and a soft part with higher flexibility than the rigid part,
wherein the soft part is located above the rigid part,
wherein the through hole is formed to pass through both the rigid part and the soft part, and
wherein the recess extends in a rear direction from an opening of the through hole.