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Granted Patent B2
US 11,192,480 · App. 16/621,469 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Upholstered part of a vehicle seat having a foam-encapsulated 3D shaped nonwoven for reinforcing a side member

Inventors: Nikolaus Meyer (Cremlingen, DE); Andreas Fangmann (Varrel, DE)
Assignee: SITECH SITZTECHNIK GMBH
B60N2/7017B60N2/686B60N2/986
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Patent No.
US 11,192,480
App. No.
16/621,469
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an upholstered part of a vehicle seat ( 100 ), at least including a foam part ( 12 - 2 ) which, in a foaming process, forms a permanent connection to a prefabricated shaped nonwoven ( 12 - 1 ), wherein the prefabricated shaped nonwoven ( 12 - 1 ) forms a supporting structure for the foam part ( 12 - 2 ). It is provided that the prefabricated shaped nonwoven ( 12 - 1 ′) has at least one locally situated open cavity ( 12 - 11 ′) which at least in sections is filled with foam, so that the foam part ( 12 - 2 ′) has a foam-embedded supporting and reinforcing structure at least in one section ( 11 B′) of the cavity ( 12 - 11 ′).

Claims (20)

1. A side flank of a vehicle seat, comprising:

a foam part which, in a foaming process, forms a fixed connection with a prefabricated shaped nonwoven that forms a supporting structure for the foam part,

wherein the prefabricated shaped nonwoven has at least one open cavity that is filled with foam, at least in sections, so that the foam part, at least in a section of the open cavity of the shaped nonwoven, has a supporting and reinforcing structure that is embedded in the foam, and

wherein the open cavity:

accommodates a sport bracket in a first unfoamed section thereof in a front area of the side flank, and

accommodates foam in a second foam-embedded section thereof in a rear area of the side flank.

2. The side flank according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting and reinforcing structure of the shaped nonwoven that is integrated into the foam part is situated, at least in sections, in an area of the side flank.

3. The side flank according to claim 2 , wherein the supporting and reinforcing structure of the shaped nonwoven that is integrated into the foam part has a three-dimensional contour, at least in sections, that essentially corresponds to a contour of the side flank.

4. The side flank according to claim 3 , wherein the supporting and reinforcing structure of the shaped nonwoven that is integrated into the foam part has a U-shaped three-dimensional contour, at least in sections, that essentially corresponds to the contour of the side flank, and wherein an opening of the cavity is situated on a side opposite from a top side of the side flank.

5. The side flank according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting and reinforcing structure of the shaped nonwoven that is integrated into the foam part has at least one opening within a shell surface of the shaped nonwoven.

6. A vehicle seat, comprising a seat part and a seat back part which have side flank according to claim 1 .

7. A vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the upholstered part includes at least one side flank, which has, over the entire length thereof, a foam-filled supporting and reinforcing structure of the shaped nonwoven that is integrated into the foam part.

8. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat part and a seat back part which have an upholstered part comprising:

a prefabricated shaped nonwoven with at least one side flank, having a supporting and reinforcing structure,

a foam part which, in a foaming process, forms a fixed connection with the prefabricated shaped nonwoven,

wherein the prefabricated shaped nonwoven has at least one open cavity that is filled with foam, at least in sections, so that the foam part, at least in a section of the open cavity of the shaped nonwoven, has the supporting and reinforcing structure embedded in the foam, and

wherein the open cavity:

accommodates a sport bracket in a first unfoamed section of the cavity of the supporting and reinforcing structure in a front area of the side flank, and

accommodates foam in a second foam-embedded section of the cavity of the supporting and reinforcing structure in a rear area of the side flank.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 20, 2023
From: SITECH SITZTECHNIK GMBH
To: BROSE SITECH GMBH
Reel/Frame 064963/0418 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: MEYER, NIKOLAUS; FANGMANN, ANDREAS
To: SITECH SITZTECHNIK GMBH; PROSEAT GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 052894/0528 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: PROSEAT GMBH & CO. KG
To: SITECH SITZTECHNIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 052894/0607 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 113 098.5 · Jun 14, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200171991A1 · Jun 4, 2020