Abstract: A side airbag device with a base member for an inflator to be easily fixed thereto, and a method for manufacturing same is provided. The side airbag device includes: an airbag; an inflator configured to supply the airbag with gas; a base member configured to accommodate the airbag and the inflator, and to be fixed to a vehicle body; an outer covering member configured to cover at least a front side of the base member to form a front-facing interior surface; and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes an inflator fixing portion to which the inflator is fixed and a base member fixing portion which is located in a position different from a position of the inflator fixing portion and fixed to the base member. The base member includes, at a left or right side portion thereof, a bracket fixing portion to which the mounting bracket is fixed.

Abstract: Provided is an attachment structure for a functional component capable of easily changing a position while supplying power. An attachment structure for a functional component is the attachment structure for the functional component to be attached to an interior member of a conveyance, including: a rail member provided in the interior member and extending in a predetermined direction; and a power transmission unit provided in the rail member and the functional component includes an engagement member fixed to be slidable on the rail member and a power receiving unit disposed to face the rail member in the engagement member.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat (car seat) comprising a seat cushion pad (seat body) having an air passage connected to an outlet port (114), and a blower having an inlet port (113) and configured to feed air taken in through the inlet port (113) to the air passage. The blower (100) is located on the lower side of the seat cushion pad (seat body) that is opposite to an occupant's side on which an occupant is to be seated, and the inlet port (113) is directed upward that is a direction toward the seat cushion pad (seat body).

Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a cover member protecting an anchor member extending from the seat main body so that a child safety seat is connected. The cover member includes an outside cover, and an inside cover accommodated in the outside cover and having an anchor engaging portion. The cover member sandwiches an extending part of the anchor member with the outside cover and the inside cover. The cover member is attached to the seat main body such that an outer periphery portion of a skin opening hole is sandwiched by the outside cover and the inside cover. A skin locking member is accommodated in a flange accommodating recess of the outside cover together with an outer peripheral flange of the inside cover.

Abstract: There is provided an interior component for a vehicle including an impact absorbing member that is lightweight and compact while improving energy absorption efficiency in the event of a side collision. A side door component includes a door panel; a door trim attached to the door panel; and a protector disposed between the door panel and the door trim and attached to one of the door panel and the door trim. The protector has a bottom surface on which fixing portions attached to the one of the door panel and the door trim are formed, and a facing surface facing the other of the door panel and the door trim, and is attached to the one of the door panel and the door trim in a cantilever manner.

Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes: left and right side members extending up and down; a lower cross member extending laterally and joined to the left and right side members, a cross member extending laterally above the lower cross member and joined to the left and right side members; at least one wire member extending up and down and joined to the lower cross member and the cross member; and at least one shoulder support member supported on an upper portion of the wire member. The shoulder support member includes: a first plate part facing in a front-rear direction and joined to the upper portion of the wire member; and a second plate part facing in the front-rear direction and connected to the first plate part via a flexible part.

Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.

Abstract: A rotating device for a vehicle interior item is provided with latching means that is provided on a side of a base member having a rotation support part, and engagement means that is provided on a side of a rotating member supporting a vehicle interior item and being rotatably supported by the rotation support part, and can be switched between a state in which the engagement means engages with the latching means so as to suppress detachment of the rotating member from the base member and a state in which the engagement with the latching means is released when the rotating member attains the rotatable state, wherein the latching means and the engagement means are disposed further outside than the rotating member in plan view at least when the rotating member is in the non-rotating state. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress an increase in the height while suppressing detachment when the vehicle interior item is not rotating.

Abstract: A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.

Abstract: Provided is a seat system which can change a surrounding environment of a user including illumination according to the movement of the user's body. A seat system comprises a seat body on which a user can be seated; a plurality of sensors provided on or in the seat body or on a structure arranged around the seat body and configured to detect a touch operation by the user seated on the seat body; an output device configured to output at least one of sound, light, and vibration; and a control device configured to control the output device such that, when one or more of the sensors detect a touch operation, the control device causes the output device to generate a corresponding predetermined output.

Abstract: Non-contact biological sensors 1, 2 that detect biological information of a person by electromagnetic waves are provided in a seat 10 on which the person sits. The biological sensors 1, 2 are disposed in the seat 10 at positions away from members A1, A2, A3 (22, 32) which are the members, from among the members that constitute the seat 10, that interfere with the passage of electromagnetic waves. The biological sensors each have a first sensor 100 and a second sensor 200 that emit electromagnetic waves of different frequencies towards the person, and the first sensor 100 is disposed adjacent to the second sensor 200. Due to this configuration, it becomes easier to accurately detect biological information.

Abstract: In order to suppress a claustrophobic feeling that a person sitting on a rear seat receives due to a front seat, and to make the front seat easy to use as an ottoman by the person, a movement adjustment system is used for a passenger seat and a rear seat, and includes a slide rail for moving the rear seat in the front to back direction, and a control part for changing the movement region of the rear seat by the slide rail. The passenger seat has a seat cushion, and a seat back mounted to be changeable between an upright state and a lowered state with respect to the seat cushion. The control part changes the movement region so that the passenger seat and the rear seat can come closer when the seat back of the passenger seat is in the lowered state than in the upright state.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a chair in which attachment strength of a holding member and the chair is enhanced and an attachment state can be stably maintained. A legged chair includes a leg member, a support post connected to the leg member, a metal frame integrated with the support post, the metal frame forming a seated portion, an awakening device configured to awaken a seated person, a battery configured to supply electric power to the awakening device, an ECU that controls the awakening device, and a holding cover configured to hold the battery and the ECU. The holding cover is attached to the highly rigid metal frame.

Abstract: Provided is a belt assist device having a compact configuration and being configured to move a seatbelt to an easily reachable position. A vehicle seat includes a belt assist device attached to a lateral portion of a seat back and configured to move a portion of a seatbelt placed on the lateral portion to the easily reachable position. The belt assist device includes a rotary member attached to a recessed housing portion of the lateral portion via a rotary shaft and configured to rotate up and down between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member rotates to protrude forward of the seat back to push out a portion of the seatbelt. The rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at the periphery of an upper end of the seat back.

Abstract: A vehicle seat is capable of taking a stowed position in which a seat back is folded onto a seat cushion and the seat cushion together with the folded seat back is rotatably lifted away from a floor, and the vehicle seat is configured to include a support member coupled to the floor; a rotating member rotatably supported by the support member via a support shaft extending in a right-left direction; a lower rail extending in a front-rear direction and coupled at an end to the rotating member so as to be extend literally offset relative to the support shaft; an upper rail slidably supported by the lower rail and coupled to the seat cushion; a coupling device provided at a second end of the lower rail on a side toward the support shaft and capable of selectably connecting to the floor; and an urging device extending the front-rear direction and having one end coupled to the support member and a second end coupled to the lower rail on the side toward the support shaft side, wherein the urging device is configured

Abstract: Provided are a seat system and a computer program product by which an occupant seated on a seat can grasp his/her own reflexes or the like. The seat system includes a seat which includes a seat body, and a sensor configured to acquire information for use in detecting motion of an occupant seated on the seat body, and a terminal configured to acquire the information from the sensor. The terminal outputs an instruction to prompt the occupant to make a predetermined motion, makes a determination based on the information acquired from the sensor as to whether or not the occupant has made the predetermined motion, and notifies the occupant of a response time elapsed between outputting the instruction and making the predetermined motion, and/or a performance level evaluated based on the response time.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a side frame of a seat back frame has a front wall that is formed so as to be bent inward continuously from a front edge of a plate-shaped portion and forms a curved region extending vertically from around the rotating shaft and reaching an upper frame, and a rear wall that is formed so as to be bent inward continuously from a rear edge of the plate-shaped portion and forms a curved region extending vertically from around the rotating shaft and reaching the upper frame, and an inner edge of the front wall has a projecting piece that spreads to the inside from a virtual outline corresponding to a shape of the upper frame and is superimposed on the front wall of the upper frame from the rear. This provides a vehicle seat that can contribute to improvement of the work efficiency when assembling a seat back frame.

Abstract: A conveyance seat capable of suppressing wrinkles or saggings from occurring on a surface of a seat main body is provided. A conveyance seat includes a seat back and a movable body which is attached inside the seat back, is disposed at an outer position in relation to a center portion of the seat back, and is operated so that a side portion of the seat back protrudes toward a seated occupant side (seat front side). The movable body is disposed on a back surface of a cushion material in the side portion. An end portion (rear end portion) on the side opposite to the seated occupant side of the movable body is disposed on the seated occupant side (seat front side) in relation to a seating surface of the center portion of the seat back.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat having sound generation source disposed between a seat frame and a cover member covering part of the seat frame from a side, a plate-shaped interposing part disposed between the seat frame and the sound generation source while opposing the seat frame is housed within the cover member, and a plurality of through holes are bored in the plate-shaped interposing part. Accordingly, a resonance space that is efficient and has a small size can be obtained within the cover member.

Abstract: A latch device includes a latch engageable with a rod portion of a striker, and is capable of transition to a locked state in which the latch is engaged with the rod portion and to an unlocked state in which the latch is disengaged from the rod portion, and includes a first shaft member that supports the latch in a manner that permits the latch to rotate, and a base member that supports the first shaft member. The base member is a unitary member which includes a first support wall disposed on one side of the latch and configured to support one end of the first shaft member, a second support wall disposed on an other side of the latch and configured to support an other end of the first shaft member, and a connecting wall that connects the first support wall and the second support wall.