Vehicle seat frame and method of making
View Patent ↗A vehicle seat frame ( 10 ) includes a plurality of frame components ( 16, 40, 42, 50, 60, 62, 64 ). At least one of the frame components ( 16, 40, 42, 50, 60, 62, 64 ) is fixedly connected to another of the frame components ( 16, 40, 42, 50, 60, 62, 64 ), defining a fixed joint ( 84, 86, 88, 90 ). In each fixed joint ( 84, 86, 88, 90 ), one of the frame components ( 16, 40, 42, 50, 60, 62, 64 ) is connected to another of the frame components ( 16, 40, 42, 50, 60, 62, 64 ) only by at least one of structural adhesive, a fastener ( 72, 74 ), and a fixed swaged joint ( 76 ).
1. A vehicle seat frame comprising:
a seat bottom frame; and
a seat back frame supported on the seat bottom frame, the seat back frame including an upper frame member, a first side member that is connected to the upper member at a first joint, a second side member that is connected to the upper member at a second joint, and a lower frame member that is connected to the first side member at a third joint and to the second side member at a fourth joint,
wherein at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth joints is a fixed swaged joint; and
wherein the seat bottom frame includes a cross member, and the first side member of the seat back frame is connected to the cross member by a swaged pivot joint.
2. The vehicle seat frame defined in claim 1 wherein more than one of the first, second, third, and fourth joints are fixed swaged joints.
3. The vehicle seat frame defined in claim 1 wherein all of the first, second, third, and fourth joints are fixed swaged joints.
4. The vehicle seat frame defined in claim 1 wherein the first side member of the seat back frame is connected to the cross member by a first swaged pivot joint, and the second side member of the seat back frame is connected to the cross member by a second swaged pivot joint.
5. A vehicle seat frame comprising:
a seat bottom frame including a front cross member, a first side bracket that is connected to the front cross member at a first joint, a second side bracket that is connected to the front cross member at a second joint, and a rear cross member that is connected to the first side bracket at a third joint and to the second side bracket at a fourth joint; and
a seat back frame supported on the seat bottom frame;
wherein at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth joints is a fixed joint that is formed by a method other than welding and is selected from the group consisting of a fixed structural adhesive joint, a fixed fastener joint, and a fixed swaged joint; and
wherein the seat back frame includes a frame member, and the rear cross member of the seat bottom frame is connected to the frame member by a swaged pivot joint.
6. The vehicle seat frame defined in claim 5 wherein more than one of the first, second, third, and fourth joints are fixed joints selected from the group consisting of a fixed structural adhesive joint, a fixed fastener joint, and a fixed swaged joint.
7. The vehicle seat frame defined in claim 5 wherein all of the first, second, third, and fourth joints are fixed joints selected from the group consisting of a fixed structural adhesive joint, a fixed fastener joint, and a fixed swaged joint.
8. The vehicle seat frame defined in claim 5 wherein the seat back frame includes first and second frame members, and the rear cross member of the seat bottom frame is connected to the first frame member by a first swaged pivot joint, and to the second frame member by a second swaged pivot joint.
9. A vehicle seat frame comprising:
a seat bottom frame including a front cross member, a first side bracket that is connected to the front cross member at a first joint, a second side bracket that is connected to the front cross member at a second joint, and a rear cross member that is connected to the first side bracket at a third joint and to the second side bracket at a fourth joint; and
a seat back frame supported on the seat bottom frame;
wherein at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth joints is a fixed joint that is formed by a method other than welding and is selected from the group consisting of a fixed structural adhesive joint and a fixed fastener joint.