JP2009254669A - Vehicular seat pad and method of manufacturing this vehicular seat pad - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent highlighting from occurring by a simple structure in gluing an outer skin in a foamed plastic pad formed by dividedly locating and integrally foaming a plurality of foamed plastic materials having different degrees of hardness as sources of foamed plastics having different degrees of hardness. <P>SOLUTION: In forming the foamed plastic pad 30 having different degrees of hardness, border grooves 39 formed of a border setting member 59 to dividedly locate a plurality of foamed plastic materials as a source of foamed plastics having a different degree of harness is formed on the rear 14 side, the face side opposite to the rear 14 side is formed as the front 12 side scheduled to be the design side of a seat, the front 12 side is formed as a continuous side, and the outer skin 40 is stuck to the front 12 side formed on the continuous face. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle seat pad body and a method for manufacturing a vehicle seat pad body. More specifically, a foamed resin pad having different hardness is formed by dividing and positioning a plurality of foamed resin materials that are the basis of the foamed resin having different hardnesses and integrally foaming, thereby forming the design surface of the sheet. The present invention relates to a vehicle seat pad body to which a skin is bonded and a manufacturing method of the vehicle seat pad body.

  Conventionally, as a pad constituting a seat cushion that is a seat portion of a vehicle seat, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a central portion 70 a that mainly supports a seated person's load is soft, and a side portion 70 b is relatively hard, There was a pad 70 of foamed resin with different hardness. As shown in FIG. 5, two types of foamed resin materials 72a and 72b, which are the bases of the foamed resins having different hardnesses, are divided into the lower mold 82 as a method of molding the foamed resin pads having different hardnesses. There is a method in which the upper mold 84 and the lower mold 82 are closed, the foamed resins 72a and 72b having different hardnesses are foamed in the mold and integrally molded. According to such a pad forming method, pads of foamed resin having different hardnesses can be formed relatively easily. Such a pad and a molding method thereof are disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 below.

JP 2006-149466 A

  However, in the conventional pad molding method, the seat surface side surface 74 of the pad 70 is formed by the molding surface 82a of the lower mold 82, and foamed resin materials 72a and 72b are formed on the seat surface side surface 74 of the pad 70. A groove 76 was formed by a boundary setting member 86 provided on the molding surface 82a of the lower mold 82 in order to make a division. Therefore, when the skin 78 is integrated with such a pad 70 by bonding, there is a problem that highlighting occurs because the skin 78 floats at the position of the groove 76. The highlight is a phenomenon in which the dent shape of the pad is reflected on the epidermis and the epidermis appears to shine. As a countermeasure against highlights, it is conceivable to apply a sponge to the back of the epidermis to alleviate the reflection of the dent shape of the pad on the epidermis. However, the configuration becomes complicated, which leads to an increase in cost. For this reason, foamed resin pads having different hardness formed by dividing and positioning a plurality of foamed resin materials that are the basis of conventional foamed resins of different hardness are relatively easy to mold. Although it has an advantage, it is difficult to apply it when the skin is integrated with the pad by bonding.

  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to form a foamed resin pad having different hardness by molding a plurality of foamed resin materials that are the basis of foamed resins of different hardness by dividing them and positioning them integrally. In spite of molding, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of highlights with a simpler structure when adhering the skin.

The present invention takes the following means in order to solve the above problems.
In the first invention, a foamed resin pad having different hardness is formed by dividing and positioning a plurality of foamed resin materials that are the basis of the foamed resin having different hardnesses and integrally foaming to form a design surface of the sheet. A vehicle seat pad body having an outer surface bonded to one surface, wherein the foamed resin pads having different hardnesses are formed by dividing a plurality of foamed resin materials from which the foamed resins having different hardnesses are formed. The boundary groove formed by the boundary setting member is formed on the back surface side, the surface side opposite to the back surface side is formed as the surface side that becomes the design surface of the sheet, and the surface side is formed as a continuous surface Thus, the vehicle seat pad body is formed by adhering the skin to the front surface formed on the continuous surface.

  According to the first invention, since the surface side of the pad, which is the design surface of the sheet, is formed as a continuous surface, it is possible to keep the skin along the pad without floating when the skin is bonded. Can be prevented.

  In the second invention, the foamed resin pads having different hardnesses are formed by dividing and positioning a plurality of foamed resin materials that are the basis of the foamed resin having different hardnesses and integrally foaming, thereby forming the design surface of the sheet. A method of manufacturing a vehicle seat pad body having an outer skin bonded to one surface side, wherein an upper mold forming surface is a sheet surface side forming surface, and a lower mold forming surface is a sheet back surface forming surface. The molding surface of the mold is provided with a boundary setting member for dividing and positioning a plurality of foamed resin materials that are the basis of the foamed resin of different hardness, and the foamed resin of different hardness is provided on the molding surface of the lower mold. A plurality of foamed resin materials are divided, filled and integrally foamed to form the pad, and the pad surface on the sheet rear surface side by the molding surface of the lower mold is a boundary formed by the boundary setting member Formed as a grooved surface A pad forming step in which the pad surface on the sheet surface side is formed as a continuous surface by the molding surface of the upper mold, and a skin bonding step in which the skin is bonded to the continuous surface on the sheet surface side of the pad formed by the pad forming step; The manufacturing method of the vehicle seat pad provided with these.

  According to the second invention, in the pad molding step, the boundary groove formed by the boundary setting member on the pad surface on the back side of the sheet is formed by forming the pad surface on the back side of the sheet by the molding surface of the lower mold. And the pad surface on the sheet surface side is formed as a continuous surface by the molding surface of the upper mold. Therefore, when the skin is bonded in the skin bonding step, it is possible to keep the skin along the pad without floating, and the occurrence of highlights can be prevented.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of foamed resin materials, which are the bases of foamed resins having different hardnesses, are formed by being divided and positioned and integrally foamed to form a pad of foamed resin having different hardness to bond the skin However, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of highlights with a simpler configuration.

[Embodiment 1]
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The vehicle seat pad body 10 of the present embodiment constitutes a seat cushion that serves as a seating surface of, for example, a driver's seat of an automobile. In this specification, the “surface” (sheet surface) of a sheet is a surface that a seated person can contact in a seated state, and is a surface that is exposed and becomes a design surface. The “back surface” of the sheet is the surface opposite to the “front surface”. As shown in FIG. 1, the outer shape of the seat surface 12 of the vehicle seat pad body 10 is such that the central main portion 20 mainly receiving the load of the seated person is substantially flat, and the side portions 22 on both sides are raised. The outer shape is easy to maintain the seated posture of the seated person.

First, the configuration of the vehicle seat pad body 10 of the present embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle seat pad body 10 includes a pad 30 and a skin 40. The pad surface 32 on the seat surface 12 side of the pad 30 is formed as a continuous surface that matches the outer shape of the vehicle seat pad body 10. The pad surface 38 on the seat back surface 14 side has an inverted basin shape so that it can be easily placed on a seat frame (not shown), but a boundary groove 39 formed when the pad 30 is formed. Have The pad 30 is made of foamed resin having different hardness, and the pad main portion 34 corresponding to the main portion 20 and the pad side portion 36 corresponding to the side portion 22 have different hardness, and the pad side portion 36 is different from the pad main portion 34. And the hardness is high.
The outer skin 40 covers at least the sheet surface 12 side of the pad 30 to form the sheet surface 12. The skin 40 is bonded to the pad surface 32 along the pad surface 32 on the sheet surface 12 side and integrated with the pad 30.

  Next, a method for manufacturing the vehicle seat pad body 10 of the present embodiment will be described. The vehicle seat pad body 10 is manufactured through a pad molding process and a skin bonding process.

[Pad molding process]
First, in the pad molding step, the pad 30 is molded using the molding die 50 shown in FIG. The mold 50 includes an upper mold 52 and a lower mold 56. The molding surface 54 of the upper mold 52 is a formation surface of the pad surface 32 on the sheet surface 12 side, and the molding surface 58 of the lower mold 56 is a formation surface of the pad surface 38 on the sheet back surface 14 side. On the molding surface 58 of the lower die 56, protrusion boundary setting members 59, 59 are integrally provided. The boundary setting members 59, 59 can be filled with a foamed resin material divided into the molding surface 58 of the lower mold 56. The molding surface 58 of the lower die 56 is divided into three regions 58a to 58c corresponding to the pad main portion 34 of the pad 30 and the pad side portions 36, 36 on both sides by two boundary setting members 59, 59. Yes.
In the pad molding process, a region 58a corresponding to the pad main portion 34 of the molding surface 58 of the lower mold 56 is filled with a foamed resin material that is a base of a relatively low hardness foamed resin, and the molding surface of the lower mold 56 is filled. The regions 58b and 58c corresponding to the pad side portions 36 and 36 of 58 are filled with a foamed resin material that is a base of a relatively high foamed resin, the upper mold 52 and the lower mold 56 are closed, and the foamed resin material is filled. The pad 30 is formed by foaming. Each foamed resin material is integrally foamed to form a pad 30 in which a pad main portion 34 having a relatively low hardness and a pad side portion 36 having a relatively high hardness are integrated. At this time, the foamed resin material is divided and positioned by the boundary setting members 59, 59 protruding on the molding surface 58 of the lower die 56, whereby the pad on the sheet rear surface 14 side formed by the molding surface 58 of the lower die 56. A boundary groove 39 caused by the boundary setting members 59 and 59 is formed on the surface 38. On the other hand, the pad surface 32 on the seat surface 12 side formed by the molding surface 54 of the upper mold 52 is formed as a continuous surface that matches the outer shape of the vehicle seat pad body 10.

[Skin adhesion process]
Next, the skin 40 is bonded to the pad surface 32 on the sheet surface 12 side of the pad 30 formed in the pad forming step. For example, it can be bonded using an adhesive such as hot melt. At this time, as long as the skin 40 can be placed along the pad 30, the entire surface of the skin 40 may be adhered or may be partially adhered.

According to the vehicle seat pad body 10 having the above configuration, the following operational effects are obtained.
The pad 30 constituting the vehicle seat pad body 10 has a different hardness in the pad main portion 34 and the pad side portion 36, thereby making the sitting comfort more favorable and improving the holdability for maintaining the seating posture of the seated person. Can be possible. In molding such a foamed resin pad 30 having different hardness, the foamed resin material that is the basis of the foamed resin having different hardness is divided and positioned on the molding surface 58 of the lower mold 56 so as to be integrally foamed. It is possible to form the pads 30 having different sizes relatively easily. And the molding surface 58 of the lower mold | type 56 in which the boundary setting members 59 and 59 are set in order to sort a foamed resin material is used as the formation surface of the pad surface 38 at the sheet back surface 14 side. In other words, the molding surface 54 of the upper mold 52 on which the boundary setting members 59 and 59 are not set is the formation surface of the pad surface 32 on the sheet surface 12 side. Thus, the pad surface 32 on the sheet surface 12 side is formed as a continuous surface that is not divided into grooves and has a shape that matches the outer shape of the sheet surface 12. Therefore, even at the boundary position where the hardness of the pad 30 changes, the pad surface 32 on the sheet surface 12 side is continuously formed, and it is possible to adhere the skin 40 along the pad surface 32. Therefore, the vehicle seat pad body 10 can be finished with a good appearance without causing highlights. In particular, in the vehicle seat pad body 10, the hardness of the foamed resin is changed between the main portion 20 having a substantially flat seat surface 12 and the raised side portion 22, and the seat surface is changed at a boundary position where the hardness of the pad 30 changes. Even though the angle of 12 is greatly changed, the skin 40 can be made to follow the change in the surface shape. Therefore, it is possible to express the intended design line, and the degree of freedom in designing the shape of the sheet surface 12 is high.

In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment and its modification, Other various embodiment can be considered in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.
The present invention can be applied not only to a seat cushion but also to a seat back that is a backrest.

1 is a perspective view of a vehicle seat pad body according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line of the vehicle seat pad body shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the cross section of the shaping | molding die of the vehicle seat pad body of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the conventional pad. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the conventional pad mold.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle seat pad body 12 Seat surface 20 Main part 22 Side part 30 Pad 32 Seat surface side pad surface 38 Seat back surface side pad surface 39 Boundary groove 40 Skin 50 Mold 52 Upper mold 54 (Upper mold) Molded surface 56 Lower mold 58 (lower mold) molding surface 59, 59 Boundary setting member

Claims (2)

A foamed resin pad with different hardness is formed by dividing and positioning a plurality of foamed resin materials that are the basis of foamed resin of different hardness and integrally foaming, and the skin adheres to one side that becomes the design surface of the sheet A vehicle seat pad body,
When molding the foamed resin pads having different hardnesses, a boundary groove formed by a boundary setting member for dividing and positioning a plurality of foamed resin materials that are the basis of the foamed resins having different hardnesses is formed on the back surface side. The surface side opposite to the back surface side is formed as a surface side to be the design surface of the sheet, the surface side is formed as a continuous surface, and the epidermis is bonded to the surface side formed in the continuous surface The vehicle seat pad body. A foamed resin pad with different hardness is formed by dividing and positioning a plurality of foamed resin materials that are the basis of foamed resin of different hardness and integrally foaming, and the skin adheres to one side that becomes the design surface of the sheet A method of manufacturing a vehicle seat pad body,
The molding surface of the upper mold is the forming surface on the sheet surface side, the molding surface of the lower mold is the forming surface on the back side of the sheet, and a plurality of foamed resin materials on which the foamed resin of different hardness is based on the molding surface of the lower mold A boundary setting member is provided for dividing and positioning the pad, and a plurality of foamed resin materials that are the basis of the foamed resin having different hardnesses are divided and filled on the molding surface of the lower mold and integrally foamed. The pad surface that becomes the sheet back surface side by the molding surface of the lower mold is formed as a surface having a boundary groove formed by the boundary setting member, but becomes the sheet surface side by the molding surface of the upper mold. A pad molding process in which the pad surface is formed as a continuous surface;
A method of manufacturing a vehicle seat pad, comprising: a skin bonding step of bonding a skin to a continuous surface on the seat surface side of the pad formed by the pad molding step.

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