IP Library Granted Patent US 11,021,086
Granted Patent B2
US 11,021,086 · App. 16/659,812 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Vehicle seat with abrasion protection

Inventors: Gerald Herbst (Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE); Martin Wellein (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: GRAMMER AG
B60N2/5875
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Patent No.
US 11,021,086
App. No.
16/659,812
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat for a vehicle having a backrest part and a seat part are provided. The backrest part and the seat part each have an inner portion and side bolster portions arranged laterally on both sides of the inner portion The inner portions and the side bolster portions each have a cushion part and an upholstery part at least partially surrounding the cushion part. An abrasion-resistant coating that has a higher hardness and/or stiffness than the at least one upholstery part is at least in part arranged on at least one of the upholstery parts.

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle seat for a vehicle, comprising:

a backrest part and a seat part, each having an inner portion and side bolster portions arranged laterally on both sides of the inner portion, the inner portions and the side bolster portions each having a cushion part and at least one upholstery part at least partially surrounding the cushion part,

wherein an abrasion-resistant coating that has at least one of a higher hardness or a higher stiffness than the at least one upholstery part is at least in part arranged on the at least one upholstery part, and

wherein some surface portions of the at least one upholstery part are provided with the abrasion-resistant coating and other surface portions of the upholstery part are free of the abrasion-resistant coating.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the abrasion-resistant coating has particles that are based on glass, ceramic or metal and bound in a binder matrix consisting of a polymer adhesive.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the side bolster portions each include a plurality of upholstery parts, and wherein the abrasion-resistant coating is arranged solely on one of the upholstery parts of the side bolster portions.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one upholstery part has first surface portions and second surface portions, wherein the abrasion-resistant coating is provided over the entire surface of the first surface portions, wherein the second surface portions are free of the abrasion-resistant coating, and wherein a value of a ratio of a total content of the first surface portions to a total content of the second surface portions changes in a course of at least one of a length direction, a width direction, or a height direction of the vehicle seat.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein each of the first surface portions is arranged directly adjacent to at least one of the second surface portions.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the abrasion-resistant coating has a homogeneous layer thickness of which the value is within a range of 80 μm to 200 μm.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the first surface portions are each in a shape of a circle or a regular polygon.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein the first surface portions or the second surface portions are each in the shape of a regular hexagon and identical to each other.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the upholstery part includes a plurality of layers.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the upholstery part provided with the abrasion-resistant coating is between the at least a portion of the abrasion resistant coating and the cushion part.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the upholstery part includes a plurality of layers.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the abrasion-resistant coating is fixed to the upholstery part.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the abrasion-resistant coating is adhered to the upholstery part.

14. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein, in a portion of the at least one upholstery part provided with the abrasion-resistant coating, the abrasion-resistant coating is contiguous.

15. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein, in a portion of the at least one upholstery part provided with the abrasion-resistant coating, the abrasion-resistant coating is divided into a plurality of individual, non-contiguous regions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 7, 2021
From: GRAMMER AG
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 054922/0406 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2019
From: HERBST, GERALD; WELLEIN, MARTIN
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 050904/0407 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102018126360.0 · Oct 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200122615A1 · Apr 23, 2020