US 12,103,441 B2
Vehicle seat
Dong Woo Jeong, Whasung-Si (KR); Eun Sue Kim, Whasung-Si (KR); Dae Hee Lee, Whasung-Si (KR); Myung Hoe Kim, Whasung-Si (KR); Jun Sik Hwang, Whasung-Si (KR); Gwon Hwa Bok, Whasung-Si (KR); Hae Dong Kwak, Whasung-Si (KR); Jae Sung Shin, Whasung-Si (KR); Han Kyung Park, Whasung-Si (KR); and Jae Hoon Cho, Whasung-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC., Seosan-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Seosan-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/993,476.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0182339 (KR), filed on Dec. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191960 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/203 (2013.01) [B60N 2/34 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat apparatus comprising:
a seat support structure to which recliners are mounted on first and second side portions thereof;
a main seatback including an open area therein and including bottom corners respectively connected to the recliners; and
a first sub-seatback-cum-seat cushion and a second sub-seatback-cum-seat cushion, which are rotatably connected to the seat support structure to be disposed in the open area of the main seatback or in a position in which a lower body of an occupant is accommodated,
wherein, when a first sub-seatback is positioned in the open area of the main seatback and a second sub-seatback is rotated rearward and horizontally deployed, a rearward facing position in which the occupant is allowed to be accommodated while viewing rearward is realized.