Abstract: A seat hooking structure (10) which supports by hooking a changeable cover (7) so as to be detachably attached to a seat member provided with a base trim cover (6), the seat hooking structure (10) comprising: an open-type fastening member (5) which is not sewn to the base trim cover (6), the fastening member (5) including a fastener part constituted by one fastener half (511) and another fastener half (512), and a slider part that slides along the fastener part so as to open and close the one fastener half (511) and the other fastener half (512); and an anchoring member (18) which anchors the one fastener half (511) to the seat member in a groove for hooking (11). The other fastener half (512) and the changeable cover (7) are secured to each other by a securing part (74).

Abstract: A seat (1) comprises: a seat member (3(2)) that includes a cushioning material (4); and a fastening member (5) that allows a trim cover (7) to be detachably attached to a predetermined position on the seat member (3). The fastening member (5) is constituted by a slide fastener that includes: a fastener part (51) constituted by one fastener half (511) and another fastener half (512); and a slider part. At least part of a base part (6) provided in the one fastener half (511) is embedded in the cushioning material (4), and part of the other fastener half (512) is fixed to the trim cover (7).

Abstract: A changeable cover for a seat headrest comprises: a first locking part for locking a portion of the cover with a stay of the headrest; and a second locking part for locking another portion of the cover with the headrest. The first locking part may be, for example, a through-hole into which the stay is inserted. The second locking part may be, for example, a hook-and-loop fastener member.

Abstract: A recessed seam structure for a cover (3) that improves workability when forming a recessed seam (A) and allows frequent attachment and detachment at the recessed seam (A) is provided. In a seat (1) having the recessed seam (A) formed by pulling part of the cover (3) toward a side of a cushion material (2), the recessed seam (A) is provided with an opening and closing fastener (30) configured to couple the cover (3) and the cushion material (2), and the opening and closing fastener (30) includes a first fastener half (31) fixed to a back face of the cover (3) and a second fastener half (32) fixed to the cushion material (2). In such a seat (1), the recessed seam (A) can be formed easily and reliably on the seat (1) by aligning an end of the first fastener half (31) in a longitudinal direction and an end of the second fastener half (32) in the longitudinal direction of the opening and closing fastener (30) and simply sliding a slider (33).

Abstract: In order to provide a seat having enhanced apparent quality by covering a connecting part, the present invention is a seat 1 wherein a coating cover 40 for coating a first fastening part 30 is provided to an end of a surface cover 4.

Abstract: A composite skin material for a vehicle includes a fibrous substrate, a polyurethane resin layer provided on the front side of the fibrous substrate, and a woven fabric adhered to the back side of the fibrous substrate through an adhesive layer comprising a polyurethane resin. Openings penetrating the fibrous substrate from the front of the polyurethane resin layer are provided in the composite skin material, and an opening ratio on the front of the polyurethane resin layer is 1 to 15%. The woven fabric has a warp density of 25 to 50 yarns/25.4 mm and a weft density of 30 to 50 yarns/25.4 mm, and the mass per unit area of the adhesive layer is 15 to 100 g/m2. The composite skin material has air permeability of 5 to 100 cm3/cm2·s, tear strength of 20 to 150N, and tensile strength of 50 N/cm or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a seat which is unlikely to cause wrinkles or slack in a surface cover thereof, makes surface cover attachment and detachment simple, and is also capable of withstanding long-term use. To this end, a second fastening part 50 for attachably/detachably connecting a cushion material 2 and a surface cover 4 to one another is formed as a zipper in a seat 1.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a seat that makes it possible to easily connect the end of a surface cover when assembling the surface cover and to achieve a secure connection. To this end, a seat (1) is provided with inclined piles (70, 80) on the end of the surface cover (4) and at a location that faces the end of the surface cover (4) on a cushion member (2) that forms a seat section, the inclined pile (80) of the cushion member (2) is inclined in a direction that is the opposite of the direction in which a load resulting from a seated person occurs, and the inclined pile (70) of the end of the surface cover (4) is inclined in the direction in which the load resulting from a seated person occurs.

Abstract: In one form, the present invention provides a synthetic resin leather adhering a base material via an adhesive layer to the back side of a film composed mostly of thermoplastic polyurethane, and the film has on the surface thereof a surface treatment layer formed by coating with a surface treatment agent in which aqueous polycarbonate polyurethane is cross linked by aqueous cross-linking agent containing a carbodiimide group.

Abstract: Stretchable artificial leather comprising a fibrous substrate comprising tricot knitted fabric, and a polyurethane resin layer laminated on the surface of the fibrous substrate, the stretchable artificial leather having fixed load elongation of from 30 to 60% in each of a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction and a bias direction.

Abstract: A cloth has a pattern made of a resin print composition formed on a surface thereof. The resin print composition contains a resin selected from an acrylic resin and a urethane resin, and a torque is from 0.085 N·m to 0.315 N·m when a twist is applied at 1°/sec for 60 seconds while pressing at 0.35 MPa under a condition of 170° C. The resin print treated cloth hardly generates deformation or discoloration even when pressed in a state to which a high temperature is applied.

Abstract: A resin print composition for imparting a pattern to a fiber product such as a cloth imparts a decorated pattern that hardly generates deformation or discoloration onto the cloth even when pressed in a state to which a high temperature is applied. The resin print composition is made of an aqueous dispersion containing a resin selected from an acrylic resin and a urethane resin, wherein a torque is from 0.085 N·m to 0.315 N·m when a twist is applied at 1°/sec for 60 seconds while pressing at 0.35 MPa under a condition of 170° C. after the aqueous dispersion is brought into a solid state by volatilizing volatile components from the aqueous dispersion.

Abstract: In one form, the present invention provides a synthetic resin leather adhering a base material via an adhesive layer to the back side of a film composed mostly of thermoplastic polyurethane, and the film has on the surface thereof a surface treatment layer formed by coating with a surface treatment agent in which aqueous polycarbonate polyurethane is cross linked by aqueous cross-linking agent containing a carbodiimide group.

Abstract: An artificial leather comprises a fibrous substrate having laminated on one side thereof an adhesive layer comprising a polyurethane resin formed by a moisture curing reaction of a urethane polyisocyanate prepolymer, a surface layer comprising a polyurethane resin formed by a reaction between a urethane polyol prepolymer and a urethane hardener, and a protective layer comprising a polyurethane resin, in this order. The urethane polyol prepolymer used in the formation of the surface layer is obtained by reacting a polyol containing polyether polyol, and a polyisocyanate, and weight proportion of the polyether polyol is 40% by weight or more based on the total weight of the urethane polyol prepolymer and the urethane hardener. The polyurethane resin constituting the surface layer has 100% modulus value of from 5 to 50 N/cm, and the surface layer has a degree of foaming of from 1.3 to 2.0 times.

Abstract: Stretchable artificial leather comprising a fibrous substrate comprising tricot knitted fabric, and a polyurethane resin layer laminated on the surface of the fibrous substrate, the stretchable artificial leather having fixed load elongation of from 30 to 60% in each of a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction and a bias direction.

Abstract: A bearing device for internal combustion engines, comprising a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and bearings supporting the crankshaft, and wherein the crankshaft is made of steel having not been subjected to surface hardening and having a structure, which is mainly composed of pearlite having the pro-eutectoid ferrite fraction of at most 3%, and is processed to have the surface roughness Rz of at most 0.8 ?m, and wherein the bearings have an aluminum bearing alloy bonded to a back plate thereof and contain, as an alloy component thereof, at least Si particles of less than 4 mass %, whereby early abrasion and scratches of the crankshaft are suppressed to be equivalent to or less than abrasion loss and scratches of conventional DCI shafts.

Abstract: A bearing device for internal combustion engines, comprising a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and bearings supporting the crankshaft, and wherein the crankshaft is made of steel having not been subjected to surface hardening and having a structure, which is mainly composed of pearlite having the pro-eutectoid ferrite fraction of at most 3%, and is processed to have the surface roughness Rz of at most 0.8 &mgr;m, and wherein the bearings have an aluminum bearing alloy bonded to a back plate thereof and contain, as an alloy component thereof, at least Si particles of less than 4 mass %, whereby early abrasion and scratches of the crankshaft are suppressed to be equivalent to or less than abrasion loss and scratches of conventional DCI shafts.

Abstract: A trim member for a vehicle having an excellent shock absorbing performance is provided. The trim member is provided in a car-room and has a surface opposite to a car-body member at a distance, a plurality of ribs capable of elastic and plastic deformation formed on the surface and extending in different directions crossing each other, a pedestal portion for abutting against the car-body member and an attachment portion to be fixed to the car-body member. The pedestal portion and the attachment portion are formed on at least one of crossing portions of the ribs.