Patent ID: 8955907
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion; a seat back covered with a skin material and incorporating left and right side frames; a headrest; a pressure-receiving member connected rearward-movably to the left and right side frames; a seat back pad with which at least a front surface of the pressure-receiving member and a seat back frame are covered; tuck-in wires embedded in the seat back pad, and a connecting wire which includes two end portions connected to the left and right side frames and a middle portion supporting the pressure-receiving member, wherein a rearward motion load received from an upper body of an occupant seated on the seat cushion and acting on the seat back causes the pressure-receiving member to move rearward to cause the upper body of the occupant to subside into the seat back, wherein the seat back pad includes a central portion configured to face a back of the upper body of the occupant and side portions configured to face sides of the upper body of the occupant, the side portions being provided continuously to the central portion, the seat back pad having a groove for tucking the skin material therein, the groove being formed at borders between the central portion and the side portions, wherein the groove has a bottom in which a hole is formed along the groove, wherein each tuck-in wire includes a plurality of tuck-in portions provided along the groove, and a connecting portion detouring around the hole and connecting the plurality of the tuck-in portions, and wherein the connecting wire includes extra-length portions bowed to deviate from an axial line connecting the two end portions of the connecting wire, the extra-length portions being formed in left and right sections of the connecting wire between the side frames and the pressure-receiving member.