IP Library Granted Patent US 11,220,195
Granted Patent B2
US 11,220,195 · App. 16/967,299 · Granted Jan 11, 2022

Edge strip for a seat cover

Inventors: Michelle Hering (Dortmund, DE); Andreas Schmitz (Burscheid, DE); Lars Hennig (Leichlingen, DE)
Assignee: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
B60N2/5883B60N2/5891
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Patent No.
US 11,220,195
App. No.
16/967,299
Granted
Jan 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An edge strip for a seat cover may have an edge strip core, which is surrounded by a casing, and an edge strip tab. The edge strip core and the casing are sewn together such that an ornamental seam is formed on the outer circumference of the casing. A device for producing an edge strip is also disclosed. The device may have a supply unit for supplying an edge strip core and an unfolded material strip for a casing of the edge strip core to an additional processing unit, such as a sewing machine. The supply unit is designed to supply the edge strip core to the additional processing unit, such as a sewing machine, on a material strip surface side which forms the inner face of the casing, and the sewing machine sews the edge strip core to the material strip.

Claims (4)

1. An apparatus for producing an edge strip, comprising:

a feed unit for feeding an edge strip core and an unfolded material strip of a casing for the edge strip core into a further processing unit, including a sewing machine, the feed unit being set up to feed the edge strip core to the further processing unit, including a sewing machine, on a surface side of the material strip, which surface side forms the inner side of the casing, and to orient it, including, in a self-centering manner, and the sewing machine sewing the edge strip core to the material strip,

wherein the feed unit has a central groove and a depression, the central groove centered in the depression,

wherein the edge strip core is fed by the central groove and the casing is fed by the depression.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2025
From: ADIENT US LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073872/0954 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 059086/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2020
From: HERING, MICHELLE; SCHMITZ, ANDREAS; HENNIG, LARS
To: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
Reel/Frame 053957/0054 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2020
From: HERING, MICHELLE; SCHMITZ, ANDREAS; HENNIG, LARS
To: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
Reel/Frame 053881/0896 →