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Granted Patent B2
US 12662030 · App. 18/629,363 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Seat assembly, clip, and method of manufacture

Inventors: Mark Karges (Macomb, MI); Michelle A. Brudzynsky (Farmington Hills, MI); Joshua Hallock (Warren, MI)
Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
B60N2/5825
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12662030
App. No.
18/629,363
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clip, a seat assembly, and a method of manufacture. The clip is disposed in a cushion. The cushion may comprise a filament mesh structure. The clip has at least one barb that secures the clip to the cushion and at least one retention feature that secures a trim cover to the clip.

Claims (32)

1 . An assembly, comprising:

a filament mesh structure comprising a set of filaments; and

a clip comprising:

a spine comprising a bottom side;

a first retention feature and a second retention feature extending from the spine; and

a first barb and a second barb extending from at least one of the first retention feature and the spine, wherein the first barb and the second barb extends away from the bottom side of the spine, wherein a member of the set of filaments contacts the first barb and the second barb.

2 . The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first retention feature and the second retention feature extend from a top side of the spine, wherein the top side is disposed opposite the bottom side of the spine.

3 . The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a second barb extending from at least one of the second retention feature and the spine, and wherein the second barb extending away from the bottom side of the spine.

4 . The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the first barb and the second barb are spaced apart from the spine and do not extend to the spine.

5 . The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the first barb extends away from the second barb.

6 . The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first barb comprises a first lateral side and a second lateral side, the first lateral side and the second lateral side are disposed opposite each other and extending from the first retention feature, wherein the first lateral side and the second lateral side become closer together as the first lateral side and the second lateral side extend away from the first retention feature.

7 . The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the first lateral side intersects the second lateral side at a distal end of the first barb.

8 . The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first barb comprises an upper side and a lower side, the upper side and lower side disposed opposite each other and extend from the first retention feature, wherein the upper side and the lower side extend farther away from the spine as the upper side and the lower side extend away from the first retention feature.

9 . The assembly of claim 8 , wherein the upper side does not intersect the lower side.

10 . The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the clip comprises a plurality of clip segments and the spine is configured to interconnect the plurality of clip segments.

11 . A seat assembly, comprising:

a filament mesh structure comprising a set of filaments, wherein each member of the set of filaments is looped and bonded to at least one other member of the set of filaments, the filament mesh structure comprising a first side;

a trim cover; and

a clip disposed in the filament mesh structure, the clip comprising:

a spine; and

a first clip segment comprising:

a first retention feature and a second retention feature extending from the spine and securing the trim cover to the clip; and

a first barb and a second barb configured to secure the first clip segment to the filament mesh structure, wherein the first barb and the second barb extend away from the spine and toward the first side of the filament mesh structure, and wherein a member of the set of filaments contacts the first barb and the second barb of the first clip segment.

12 . The seat assembly of claim 11 , wherein the first barb is received in a gap between members of the set of filaments.

13 . The seat assembly of claim 11 , wherein a member of the set of filaments contacts the first barb and the first retention feature of the first clip segment.

14 . The seat assembly of claim 11 , wherein the first barb and the second barb extend from the first retention feature and the second retention feature, respectively.

15 . The seat assembly of claim 11 , wherein the filament mesh structure further comprises a slit that extends from the first side, wherein the clip is disposed in the slit and is spaced apart from the first side and does not extend to the first side.

16 . The seat assembly of claim 15 , wherein the filament mesh structure further comprises a second side that is disposed opposite the first side, wherein the slit and the clip are spaced apart from the second side and do not extend to the second side.

17 . The seat assembly of claim 11 , wherein the spine is linear when the spine is in a free state and at least a portion of the spine is nonlinear when the spine is disposed in the filament mesh structure.

18 . The seat assembly of claim 11 , wherein the clip further comprises a second clip segment extending from the spine and separated from the first clip segment.

19 . The seat assembly of claim 18 , wherein a member of the set of filaments contacts the first clip segment and the second clip segment.

20 . The seat assembly of claim 18 , wherein the spine extends along an arc such that the first clip segment and the second clip segment are positioned at different elevations in the filament mesh structure with respect to each other.