Abstract: A powered headrest for an automotive seat, which includes, within a seat back of the seat, a slider member engageable with a stay of the headrest, the slider member being moved vertically by operation of a motor, a rotatable guide rod, and a lock member to be engaged biasingly with a recessed portion of the stay. An operation knob and associated connecting elements are provided in the headrest, with such an arrangement that to simply operate or press the knob will cause rotational motion of the guide rod, and the lock member will only be interlocked with that rotational motion of guide rod, so as to place the headrest stay in an unlocked state with respect to the slider.

Abstract: A seatback of an automotive seat is disclosed which comprises a structural base including a rectangularly extending frame having opposed portions, and a plurality of springs extending between the opposed portions; a pad material covering the structural base except a given rear part of the structural base; a trimmed cover covering the pad material, the trimmed cover having a rear part by which the given rear part of the structural base is entirely covered, a bag member attached to an inner surface of the rear part; and a hardboard received in the bag.

Abstract: A seat belt device has a belt retractor mounted on a vehicular seat from. The belt retractor employs an ELR mechanism for locking a seat belt upon emergency condition. The seat belt device employs and electrically operable actuator in cooperation with the ELR mechanism. The actuator is operable in response to a switch which is turned ON by manual seat slide lock release operation. This allows seat position adjusting operation without causing locking of the seat belt.

Abstract: A seat slide device is disclosed which comprises a stationary rail having an angularly C-shaped cross section and a movable rail having a reversed T-shaped cross section. The movable rail is coupled with the stationary rail in such a manner that the enlarged head portion of the movable rail is spacedly received in the stationary rail thereby to define below the enlarged head portion a single elongate space in which rollers are rotatably received and above the enlarged head portion two parallel elongate spaces in which ball bearings are rotatably received. Inward sides of the stationary rail and the outward ends of the enlarged head portion of the movable rail are bent at generally right angles in order to hold the ball bearings in the two parallel elongate spaces.

Abstract: The movable rail of a seat sliding mechanism is detachably connected through bolts to a side frame of a rectangular seat cushion frame. Thus, fixing of a trimmed edge of an outer skin member of the seat cushion to the proper position of the side frame can be easily achieved with the movable rail unfastened from the side frame.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a method of producing a headrest comprising preparing a lower mold formed with a rectangular gutter-like cavity leaving a central land, extending a thermoplastic film over the shaped work face of the lower mold, and softening the plastic film by heating it. The method further includes placing an upper mold with a counter-shaped face onto the work face of the lower mold to provide a molded article of the thermoplastic film, applying the inner surface of the molded article with adhesive, putting a pad of shock-absorbing material into the molded article, and pressing the pad against the molded article to assure bonding therebetween. The method further comprises cutting the molded article at the portions other than the portions which substantially cover the pad, thereby to provide freely movable fragments of the film, and folding back the fragments of the film to cover the remaining portions of the pad, thereby to provide one pad unit.

Abstract: Device for adjusting seating position of an automotive vehicle seat by using the change of the pressure of a working gas is so designed that the working gas is propelled using a pressure pump of a pneumatic vehicle-height-adjusting device without an additional pump used exclusively for pressurizing the working gas. Therefore, the working portion of the seating position adjusting device is connected to a working gas passage of the vehicle height adjusting device via a working gas supply passage. The working gas supply passage is provided with a control valve so that introduction of the working gas is controlled. The working portion is further provided with an exhaust valve so as to control the exhaust operation of the working gas from the working portion.

Abstract: A support mechanism of a swivel seat structure having a seat cushion turnable over a floor surface, wherein the seat cushion is horizontally turnable with respect to the floor surface about the center axis of a pivot element located closer to the rear end of the seat cushion than to the front end of the seat cushion and wherein the seat cushion is retained to the floor surface between the pivot element and guide rails provided in front of the pivot element.

Abstract: A retainer (21) for securing an article, e.g. a seat cushion, to a vehicle body consists of plastics-made hollow main body (22) which is inserted into an opening (8) in a vehicle body panel (6). The main body is provided on its outer surface with projections (26, 27a, 27b) which engage with upper and lower surfaces of the panel to prevent withdrawal of the retainer. The main body has an inner space with an open top end (22a) which permits insertion of a frame portion (2, 30) of the seat cushion into the inner space. The main body is further provided on its inner surface with projections (24a, 24b) which prevent withdrawal of the frame portion from the inner space. The inner space is open at the top end only, at least when the frame portion is retained in the inner space, so as to prevent entry of water or dust into the cabin even when the space below the body panel is not closed.

Abstract: A seat structure includes a stationary base member fixed to the vehicle, a movable support member slidable on the stationary base member for carrying a seat cushion with a tiltable set back, seat position memorizing means, seat locking means for locking the movable support member to the stationary base member, biasing means for moving the movable support member in the forward direction of the vehicle when the seat locking means is disengaged, and actuating means for actuating the seat locking means in association with the seat position memorizing means in response to the tilting movements of the seat back.

Abstract: A seat rear end is provided with a projection member yieldably held in its projected state. The seat is retained in its horizontal position by engagement of the projection member with an upstanding backrest.