Patent ID: 7806476
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: B60N,B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat, comprising: a seat structure supportable on a vehicle floor; an upholstery part; a seat part mounted on said seat structure to be above the vehicle floor, said seat part being distinct from said upholstery part, having a bottom surface facing the vehicle floor and having an upper surface receiving said upholstery part, said upper surface being opposite to said bottom surface and situated higher than said bottom surface in a vertical direction perpendicular to the floor, said upper surface of said seat part has in a horizontal direction parallel to the vehicle floor a back end and a connecting region opposite to said back end in the horizontal direction, said connecting region of said seat part being continuous along a direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction; and a flexible support plate mounted on said seat part, said flexible support plate having a free front end that is freely movable and having a connecting end fixedly coupled directly to said upper surface of said seat part such that said flexible support plate is mounted in a cantilevered manner, said connecting end of said flexible support plate being fixedly and directly coupled to said connecting region of said seat part providing a smooth transition between said flexible support plate and said connecting region of said seat part, said flexible support plate having a bottom surface facing the vehicle floor and a top surface receiving said upholstery part, said top surface of said flexible support plate being opposite to said bottom surface of said flexible support plate relative to the vertical direction, said top surface of said flexible support plate being parallel to said upper surface of said seat part in said connecting region; whereby, said flexible support plate moves toward said seat structure when subjected to a downward definable load to reduce compressive forces on bottoms of seat occupant thighs, and moves back in a reverse direction away from said seat structure to an initial position when unloaded.