Abstract: A vehicle includes: a front seat capable of changing a posture between a first posture in which a seating surface of the front seat faces forward and a second posture in which the seating surface of the front seat faces backward; a rear seat disposed behind the front seat, a seating surface of the rear seat facing forward; and a protective device emerging between the front seat and the rear seat when impact force acts on the vehicle or when impact force is predicted to act on the vehicle.

Abstract: A seat experience system that allows an occupant to grasp the state of the system and feel secure about using the system is provided. In the seat experience system, a seat includes a seat body, and a sensor provided at the seat body and configured to acquire a measurement value for detection of a motion of the occupant seated on the seat body. A controller is connected to the sensor and capable of acquiring the measurement value from the sensor, and a seat experience device is connected to the controller and operable based on the measurement value. The seat experience device may be capable of communicating with a server. If the seat experience device detects a malfunction of the seat experience system, the seat experience device notifies the occupant of the malfunction and limits at least a subset of functions of the seat experience system.

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 seat mounting structure includes: right and left side sills; a central member; a plurality of cross members; a floor joined to the right and left side sills, a plurality of right battery connection parts joined to the right side sill; a plurality of left battery connection parts joined the left side sill; a plurality of central battery connection parts joined to the central member; a plurality of right batteries joined to the right battery connection parts and the central battery connection parts; a plurality of left batteries joined to the left battery connection parts and the central battery connection parts; and a seat mounted on an upper surface of the floor via a seat support part, wherein the seat support part is provided between the right battery connection parts and the central battery connection parts or between the left battery connection parts and the central battery connection parts.

Abstract: Provided is a headrest in which devices can be placed and which is easy to manufacture. A headrest comprises a pillar supported by a seat back on which the headrest is provided; a core supported by the pillar and having one or more receiving recesses recessed inward from an outer surface of the core; one or more devices, each device received in a corresponding receiving recess; and a skin material covering the core and the devices.

Abstract: There is provided a vehicle in which a sense of release can be given to an occupant as a passenger compartment can expand and vehicle seats can be freely arranged. A vehicle includes a vehicle body (1) and vehicle seats that are arranged in an interior space of the vehicle body (1). A sunroof (16) is provided to be switchable between a closed position (P1) at which an interior space of the vehicle body (1) is closed and an open position (P2) at which the interior space of the vehicle body (1) is opened. A lifting device (30) includes a lifting operation part (32) to be operated by an occupant, and moves a seat body (20) between a reference position (P3) and an upper position (P4) moved upward from the reference position (P3) as the lifting operation part (32) is operated. An upper end portion of a headrest (23) is disposed above the sunroof (16) having been in the closed position (P1) when the sunroof (16) is in the open position (P2) and the seat body (20) is in the upper position (P4).

Abstract: A seat includes a seat cushion frame and a seat back frame. The seat cushion frame includes left and right side members extending in a front-and-rear direction, a front member extending in a lateral direction and coupled to a front portion of each of the side members, a rear member extending in the lateral direction and coupled to a rear portion of each of the side members, and support members coupled to a rear end of each of the side members and extending upward. At least one of the support members includes a support member lower portion coupled to a laterally outer surface of the side member, and a support member upper portion extending upward and laterally inward from the support member lower portion and rotatably supporting the seat back frame. When viewed in an up-and-down direction, the support member upper portion overlaps with the side member.

Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat on which a seated occupant can spend time comfortably in an interior space (cabin) of a conveyance. A conveyance seat S1 includes a seat cushion 1, a rail device 50 (base member) that supports the seat cushion from a downward side, and connecting links 41 and 42 (connecting members) which are interposed between the seat cushion 1 and the rail device 50 in an up to down direction, and connect the seat cushion 1 and the rail device 50. Downward portions of the connecting links 41 and 42 are attached to the rail device 50 through a connecting bracket 60, or are attached to the rail device 50. Lower end portions of the connecting links 41 and 42 are disposed on a downward side as compared with an upper end portion of the rail device 50.

Abstract: The vehicle seat mounting structure includes a floor, a battery case provided on the floor and housing a battery, a seat connected to the floor via a plurality of support legs and positioned above the battery case, and a reinforcing structure provided on a top side of the battery case and connected to the seat.

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: 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: A car seat includes an actuator capable of changing an orientation of a rest surface of a seat back laterally by turning and moving at least a side portion frame that is part of the car seat frontward and rearward, and a controller configured to exercise control over the actuator. The controller includes a run-time posture support unit configured to execute a run-time posture support control under which when a car makes a turn, the actuator is regulated to cause the rest surface of the seat back to be oriented in a direction of the turn. The run-time posture support unit is configured to regulate the actuator in accordance with a placement of the seat in the car, when the run-time posture support unit executes the run-time posture support control.

Abstract: There is provided a conveyance seat that allows the slide movement and the rotational movement of a seat body to be started at appropriate timings. A conveyance seat includes a seat body in which an occupant is seated; a slide mechanism that moves the seat body in a sliding manner; a rotation mechanism that rotationally moves the seat body with an up to down direction as a rotation axis; a control unit that controls an operation of the slide mechanism and the rotation mechanism; and an operation unit that instructs the control unit to start control. When the control unit receives an instruction from the operation unit, the control unit sets a transition start time of each of the slide mechanism and the rotation mechanism.

Abstract: The vehicle seat includes a seat main body, a drive device for moving the seat main body, a sensor provided in the seat main body to detect approach and contact of an object, and a controller for stopping a movement of the seat main body caused by the drive device when approach or contact of an object is detected by the sensor. Thereby, the need for an occupant to confirm the presence of an object is eliminated when moving a seat main body of the vehicle seat.

Abstract: A seat experience system that allows an occupant to grasp the state of the system and feel secure about using the system is provided. In the seat experience system, a seat includes a seat body, and a sensor provided at the seat body and configured to acquire a measurement value for detection of a motion of the occupant seated on the seat body. A controller is connected to the sensor and capable of acquiring the measurement value from the sensor, and a seat experience device is connected to the controller and operable based on the measurement value. The seat experience device may be capable of communicating with a server. If the seat experience device detects a malfunction of the seat experience system, the seat experience device notifies the occupant of the malfunction and limits at least a subset of functions of the seat experience system.

Abstract: A seat experience system that allows an occupant to grasp the state of the system and feel secure about using the system is provided. In the seat experience system, a seat includes a seat body, and a sensor provided at the seat body and configured to acquire a measurement value for detection of a motion of the occupant seated on the seat body. A controller is connected to the sensor and capable of acquiring the measurement value from the sensor, and a seat experience device is connected to the controller and operable based on the measurement value. The seat experience device may be capable of communicating with a server. If the seat experience device detects a malfunction of the seat experience system, the seat experience device notifies the occupant of the malfunction and limits at least a subset of functions of the seat experience system.

Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seat cushion including a cushion frame serving as a skeleton. The cushion frame includes a body frame made of a frame-shaped body, and a support member bridging one portion and the other portion of the body frame in a predetermined direction and supporting a seated occupant. The support member is provided with a central support portion supporting the seated occupant, side support portions provided at positions outside the central support portion in a seat width direction and extending outward in the seat width direction while inclining, and a shape-holding member extending along outer edge portions of the side support portions and bridging the one portion and the other position of the body frame.

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 service providing apparatus includes a detector provided on a seat and configured to detect a motion of a user seated on the seat; a control device including a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, having a plurality of service functions and configured to determine a service content in the plurality of service functions based on the motion detected by the detector and a presentation unit configured to present the service content determined by the control device.

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.