IP Library Granted Patent US 9,975,461
Granted Patent B2
US 9,975,461 · App. 14/400,909 · Granted May 22, 2018

Arrangement of components, vehicle seat, and production method

Inventors: Hans-Georg Werner (Langenfeld, DE); Bernd Gross (Langenfeld, DE); Andreas Dannheisig (Sassenberg, DE)
Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBH
B60N2/686B60N2/682F16B15/00F16B5/04F16B17/008Y10T29/49833
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Patent No.
US 9,975,461
App. No.
14/400,909
Granted
May 22, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement of components, in particular for a vehicle seat, includes a first component and a second component which are interconnected by a connector. The connector includes a nail-shaped pin that has a grooved drive stud.

Claims (25)

1. An arrangement of components for a vehicle seat, comprising:

a first component that is a plate-shaped element;

a second component that is a structural component and comprises a tab-receiving opening that extends between a first side and a second side of the second component;

a connector that connects together the first component and the second component, wherein the connector comprises a pin of nail-shaped configuration; and

a tab connection that comprises a tab stamped out of the first component, wherein the tab extends from a first end and terminates at a second end along an end piece of the tab, wherein the end piece of the tab is bent in a first direction that is at an angle to a plane of the plate-shaped element,

wherein the end piece of the tab extends through the tab-receiving opening in the second component and is bent in a second direction that is at an angle to the first direction such that the first end of the tab is positioned along the first side of the second component and the second end of the tab is positioned along the second side of the second component.

2. The arrangement of components as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pin comprises a grooved drive stud.

3. The arrangement of components as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first component comprises a first opening and the second component comprises a second opening, wherein the first opening and the second opening are arranged so as to be substantially congruent and wherein the grooved drive stud extends through the first and second openings.

4. The arrangement of components as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the grooved drive stud is arranged positively and non-positively in the first opening and positively and non-positively in the second opening.

5. The arrangement of components as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pin comprises at least one of a groove or a rib on its outer peripheral surface, wherein the at least one the groove or the rib extends in an axial direction of the pin or substantially perpendicularly to the axial direction in a peripheral direction of the pin.

6. The arrangement of components as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first component and the second component at least one of are made from a different material or have a different thickness parallel to an axial direction of the pin.

7. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the tab is bent backward around the tab-receiving opening of the second component in the second direction.

8. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the first side of the second component and the second side of the second component are directly opposite each other through a wall of the second component.

9. A vehicle seat for a motor vehicle comprising:

a structural component that comprises a tab-receiving opening that extends between a first side and a second side of the structural component;

a plate-shaped element;

a connector that connects together the plate-shaped element and the structural component, wherein the connector comprises a pin of nail-shaped configuration; and

a tab connection that comprises a tab stamped out of the plate-shaped element, wherein the tab extends from a first end and terminates at a second end along an end piece of the tab, wherein the end piece of the tab is bent in a first direction that is at an angle to a plane of the plate-shaped element,

wherein the end piece of the tab extends through the tab-receiving opening in the structural component and is bent in a second direction that is at an angle to the first direction such that the first end of the tab is positioned along the first side of the structural component and the second end of the tab is positioned along the second side of the structural component.

10. A method for producing an arrangement of components as claimed in claim 1 comprising:

providing a first component that is the plate-shaped element and a second component that is the structural component in a first step;

connecting the first component and the second component together in a second step,

wherein connecting the first and second components together comprises driving the pin at least partially through the first and second components; and

forming the tab connection, wherein forming the tab connection comprises stamping the tab out of the first component, bending the end piece of the tab in the first direction that is at an angle to the plane of the plate-shaped element, inserting the end piece of the tab through the tab-receiving opening in the second component, and bending the end piece of the tab in the second direction that is at an angle to the first direction.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein, at least one of, in the first step, the first and second components are brought to bear against one another, or, in the first step, at least one of the first component or the second component is predrilled.

Assignments (6)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: CNI ENTERPRISES, INC.; ADIENT US LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063085/0391 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN IP Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: ADIENT US LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061956/0301 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 059086/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2022
From: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
To: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
Reel/Frame 058751/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2020
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBH
To: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A R.L.
Reel/Frame 055026/0876 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2014
From: WERNER, HANS-GEORG; GROSS, BERND; DANNHEISIG, ANDREAS
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBH
Reel/Frame 034504/0222 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 009 505 · May 14, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150130252A1 · May 14, 2015