US 12,077,079 B2
Seat device
Naoki Mitsuoka, Aichi-ken (JP); Yukinori Sugiura, Aichi-ken (JP); Takashi Sakaguchi, Aichi-ken (JP); and Takayuki Saitou, Aichi-ken (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,154.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-073142 (JP), filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340059 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B60N 2/72 (2006.01); B60R 21/2155 (2011.01)
CPC B60N 2/72 (2013.01) [B60N 2/686 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat device comprising:
a cushion portion configured to elastically support a seated person; and
a seat frame configured to support the cushion portion,
wherein the cushion portion includes a plurality of divided cushions divided in a seat width direction, the plurality of divided cushions including a main portion that forms a central portion in the seat width direction and two side portions that sandwich the main portion in the width direction, and
each of the main portion and the two side portions includes:
a seat pad;
a seat cover that individually covers the seat pad; and
a resin member that is engaged with at least one of the seat cover or the seat pad and is thus individually integrated with the seat pad covered by the seat cover, the resin member including a plurality of snap-fit structures fixed to the seat frame by inserting from a seat front side to a seat back side,
wherein the seat frame includes a side frame extending along a seat length direction,
the plurality of snap-fit structures included in each of the two side portions are provided along the seat length direction in which the side frame extends, and at least one of the plurality of snap-fit structures included in each of the two side portions is staggered in the seat width direction, and
each of the plurality of snap-fit structures included in each of the two side portions includes a clip integrally fixed to the resin member and configured to be inserted into a clip fitting hole from the seat front side to the seat back side, the clip fitting hole being provided in the side frame,
the clip is elastically deformable such that the clip passes through the clip fitting hole and engages with a peripheral edge of the clip fitting hole thereby prevent separating between the clip and the side frame.