Abstract: Proposed are a seat side bolster apparatus and a control method thereof. The seat side bolster apparatus of the disclosure includes a driving unit, which is provided under a foam pad of a seat cushion, is moved upwards and downwards by operation of an actuator, and presses the foam pad upwards when moving upwards, and a covering bracket, which is connected to the driving unit so as to be moved upwards and downwards together with the driving unit and to which an end of a covering enveloping the foam pad of the seat cushion is fixed.

Abstract: Proposed are a seat for a vehicle and a method of controlling the same capable of sensing whether an occupant is snoring and of changing the posture of the occupant so as to induce sound sleep of the occupant. The seat for a vehicle includes a seat cushion, a seatback, a side bolster, a headrest, a sensing device mounted in the headrest to sense whether an occupant is on the seat and whether the occupant is snoring, a posture-changing device mounted in at least one of the seat cushion, the seatback, the side bolster, or the headrest to change the posture of the occupant, and a controller configured to determine whether the occupant is on the seat and whether the occupant is snoring based on a sensing signal output from the sensing device and to operate the posture-changing device.

Abstract: A pumping device for a vehicle seat is proposed. The pumping device includes: a housing made of plastic, including a bottom surface having a through hole, a side wall arranged along an outer circumferential surface of the bottom surface, and an open upper surface, with a clutch device and a brake device, and a lever being connected to the housing at an outside of the bottom surface through the through hole so that the housing is configured to transmit drive force from the lever to the clutch device; and a housing cover made of metal, including a first side surface covering the open upper surface of the housing, a plurality of bending parts at an edge thereof such that the bending parts are bent toward the housing to achieve coupling between the housing cover and the housing, and a second side surface coupled to a seat frame.

Abstract: A car seat heater has an improved energy efficiency, which includes a heating wire which is coupled to a car seat and includes a metal-plated carbon fiber, a seat temperature sensor configured to detect temperature of the heating wire, and a variable temperature controller configured to control temperature of the heating wire according to a diameter of the metal-plated carbon fiber and a thickness of a plated metal thereof.

Abstract: Proposed are a blower for a ventilation seat having a warm-air-blowing function and a vehicular ventilation seat including the same. The blower moves air supplied to the vehicular ventilation seat. The blower includes a housing having an accommodation space formed therein and including an inlet receiving air and an outlet discharging air, a motor mounted in the housing, an impeller mounted in the housing and configured to be driven by the motor to move air, a printed circuit board mounted in the housing, and a heater mounted in the housing so as to be connected to the printed circuit board and configured to heat the air flowing through the housing.

Abstract: A locking apparatus for a seat rail for a vehicle, in which a spring is compressed and fastened when first and second parts are coupled to an upper rail, such that convenience of assembly is improved, and structures for fixing the spring are respectively provided on the first and second parts, such that the structures for fixing the spring are simplified.

Abstract: Provided are a seat temperature control system and a control method thereof comprising a sensor unit collecting integrated information including vehicle information on vehicle environment, seat information on a state of a seat, and occupant information on a state of an occupant; an air conditioning device regulating airflow volume and temperature of an indoor space or a seat of the vehicle; and a control unit having a prioritizing criterion on the priority among a plurality of pieces of integrated information, prioritizing the plurality of pieces of integrated information according to the prioritizing criterion, setting target temperature of the output from the seat or the air conditioning device according to the plurality of prioritized pieces of integrated information, and controlling the air conditioning device in order for the temperature of the output from the seat or the air conditioning device to reach the target temperature.

Abstract: Proposed are an input/output device and a control method for the same, the device including a first input/output terminal that receives a forward signal from a limit switch or outputs power to a sensor; a second input/output terminal that receives a backward signal from the limit switch or receives a sensing signal from the sensor; and an integrated circuit unit that determines a communication target for exchanging a signal through the first input/output terminal and the second input/output terminal, and selectively receives or outputs the forward signal, the backward signal, the power of the sensor and the sensing signal based on the determination result.

Abstract: Proposed is a seat retainer in which first outer teeth and first inner teeth or second outer teeth and second inner teeth are engaged with each other at an angle, thereby a gap between a gear plate and a first flange or between the gear plate and a second flange can be removed.

Abstract: Proposed is a seat reclining device having a mobile flange that includes: a gear unit having an internal gear; a collar provided at a center of the gear unit; and a flange part connecting the collar and the gear unit to each other, and that is configured such that a radial cross-section of the flange part circumferentially repeatedly changes.

Abstract: Provided is an oil path structure for powertrain for a hybrid vehicle, the oil path structure including: a P1 motor mounted in a housing and including a first stator and a first rotor; a P2 motor mounted in the housing so as to be spaced apart from the P1 motor at an interval and including a second stator and a second rotor; an input shaft having therein an oil passageway and having an outer circumference on which the P2 motor is mounted; and a first oil hole penetratively formed from the oil passageway of the input shaft toward a first bearing connected to a second rotor shaft of the second rotor.

Abstract: A seat pumping device for a vehicle is mounted to a vehicle seat frame at a lower end part thereof, and may include: a housing having inner space provided therein and a slit hole provided in an upper end surface thereof; a clutch cam rotatably received into the inner space of the housing and having protrusions provided thereon, the protrusions protruding toward an outside of the housing by passing through the slit hole of the upper end surface thereof; and a lever bracket arranged at the outside of the housing to face the upper end surface of the housing, and having an insertion portion into which each of the protrusions of the clutch cam is inserted, so that the lever bracket is coupled to the clutch cam by coupling of the protrusion and the insertion portion to each other, and is rotated with the clutch cam.

Abstract: A pumping device for a seat of a vehicle is proposed. In the pumping device, a plurality of pressure members is provided along an outer circumferential surface of a brake drum, and braking operation is performed through the pressure members moved when the brake drum rotates, so that friction between the brake drum and a housing can be avoided and thus deterioration of operational performance is prevented. In addition, the shape of the brake drum is simplified and the number of components is reduced, so that weight and size of the pumping device, and production cost are reduced, and fuel efficiency increases.

Abstract: A pumping device for a seat of a vehicle is proposed. In the pumping device, a spring providing a restoring force to a lever bracket is directly connected to a housing without a separate component, so that the manufacturing cost is reduced and a layout size is reduced in response to removal of the component supporting the spring.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reclining device for a vehicle seat. The reclining device includes: a flange having internal teeth and a cylindrical-shaped flange protrusion; a gear plate having a through hole and external teeth to be partially engaged with the internal teeth of the flange in an eccentric state with the flange; an input device eccentrically positioned inside the through hole of the gear plate and configured of a rotating portion and a head portion; a wedge cam positioned between an the gear plate and the flange protrusion to maintain eccentricity of the gear plate; a support body supporting a load due to the eccentricity of the gear plate and transmitting a rotational force to the wedge cam; and an elastic portion positioned between the support body and the through hole to pressurize the wedge cam.

Abstract: Disclosed is a seat recliner for a vehicle that includes: a gear plate having outer teeth around an outer surface; a cam part making the gear plate be eccentric by pressing an inner surface of the gear plate; an input part transmitting torque to the cam part; and a flange part having an inner side extending along a side of the input part and supporting the input part, an outer side having inner teeth engaged with the outer teeth of the gear plate, and a bridge connecting lower ends of the inner side and the outer side, in which the bridge extends such that a thickness gradually decreases toward the lower end of the outer side from the lower end of the inner side.

Abstract: Provided is a channel cover for a ventilation seat, the channel cover including a ventilation passage blocking layer which has the shape of a plate that extends in the planar direction and of which a lower surface is positioned on an upper portion of a seat frame; an adhesion layer which extends in the planar direction, of which both upper and lower surfaces have an adhesive property, of which the lower surface is adhered to an upper surface of the ventilation passage blocking layer, and in the upper surface of which a cutting line for separating a release paper sheet is formed; and a non-woven fabric layer which covers an air flow path groove, a lower surface of which is adhered to an upper surface of the adhesion layer, a lateral end portion of which extends more outward than the cutting line, and which covers the cutting line from above.

Abstract: An eccentricity prevention apparatus for a pumping device is configured to prevent the eccentric movement of rotating parts operating for moving a seat up and down. The eccentricity prevention apparatus includes: a clutch device provided inside a housing; and an elastic member providing an elastic restoring force to the clutch device in a direction compensating for eccentric movement of the clutch device tilted relative to a rotating axis thereof.

Abstract: A pumping device for a seat of a vehicle, in which a cam supporter supports a clutch cam to be balanced in the pumping device, thereby minimizing movement of the clutch cam due to an external force reversely input, and the cam supporter guides movements of brake rollers, thereby causing braking operation by the brake rollers to be precisely performed and improving operating performance.

Abstract: A lubrication system for an in-wheel motor powertrain is proposed. The system includes a housing having a motor and supporting a wheel, and having a space therein; an input gear and an output gear provided in the housing; two intermediate gears each provided with a first gear meshed with the input gear, and a second gear meshed with the output gear and having a pitch circle diameter different from that of the first gear, the first and second gears being integrally and concentrically coupled together; a pump gear meshed with the input gear; a bearing plate rotatably supporting the input gear, the output gear, and the intermediate gears; a cover plate configured to provide a part of a lubrication pump driven by the pump gear; and a first oil supply part provided by the cover plate and a mid-plate to lubricate the output gear and the intermediate gears.