Vehicle seat
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Feb 11, 2025
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Sep 28, 2023
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Dec 14, 2022
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Abstract
A vehicle seat including a seat that includes a seat cushion and a seat back; an inclination drive portion configured to incline the seat back; and a slide mechanism configured to enable the seat to slide in a vehicle front-rear direction, in which the slide mechanism includes: a slide rail that includes an upper rail and a lower rail and supporting the seat to be able to move in a sliding manner in the front-rear direction, a slide drive portion configured to enable the upper rail to slide with respect to the lower rail, and a mode switching switch configured to enable switching between modes, in a normal mode, a slide range of the seat in the front-rear direction is a slide amount used when the vehicle is driven, in a relaxing mode, a slide amount is at a position where a slide position of the seat in the front-rear direction is rearward, with respect to a slide position at a rearmost end in the normal mode, and the mode switching switch is disposed on a front side where a switch operation is not able to be performed from the slide position of the seat corresponding to a slide amount in the relaxing mode.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
- HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD.
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- 2022 Application Filing Year
- B60K Class
- 2306 Applications Filed
- 1138 Patents Issued To-Date
- 49.35 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Okimoto, Kohei | Tokyo, JP | 20 | 284 |
# of filed Patents : 20 Total Citations : 284 | |||
Suzuki, Takeyuki | Tokyo, JP | 91 | 503 |
# of filed Patents : 91 Total Citations : 503 |
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