IP Library Granted Patent US 11,945,398
Granted Patent B2
US 11,945,398 · App. 17/281,284 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Vehicle seat structure and method for assembling a vehicle seat structure

Inventors: Ludger Muehlenbrock (Recklinghausen, DE); Toralf Mueller (Leverkusen, DE); Tobias Schaffert (Solingen, DE); Klaus Tupuschies (Muehlheim an der Ruhr, DE)
Assignee: Adient US LLC
B60R22/26B60N2/2222B60N2/682B60N2002/684
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Patent No.
US 11,945,398
App. No.
17/281,284
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat structure for a vehicle seat may have a structural component having an inertia belt reel. The inertia belt reel may be arranged in a cavity of the structural component, and the structural component may be connected to at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure. A method for assembling such a vehicle seat structure may include providing a structural component having an inertia belt reel and at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure that are displaced and/or rotated relative to one another such that the structural component and the at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure take up an end position with respect to one another. In a further step, the structural component and the at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure are connected to one another in a form-fitting and/or integrally bonded and/or force-fitting manner.

Claims (5)

1. A vehicle seat structure for a vehicle seat, comprising a structural component having an inertia belt reel, wherein the inertia belt reel is arranged in a cavity of the structural component, and the structural component is connected to at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner, wherein the vehicle seat structure has a backrest structure, the backrest structure having a first side strut and a second side strut, wherein the structural component having the inertia belt reel connects the two side struts to each other, wherein the structural component in each case has, on both sides, as viewed in the transverse direction y, an opening into which the end regions of the side struts are received and the structural part is screwed down on both sides by at least one screw in each case.

2. The vehicle seat structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two side struts is comprised of a first side strut profile and at least one second side strut profile, wherein the first side strut profile and the at least one second side strut profile form a substantially closed profile.

3. The vehicle seat structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inertia belt reel for retracting a shoulder belt of a belt system, including a 3 point belt system, is arranged in the structural component.

4. A method for assembling a vehicle seat structure, comprising providing a structural component having an inertia belt reel and at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure that are displaced and/or rotated relative to one another such that the structural component and the at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure take up an end position with respect to one another, and, in a further step, are connected to one another in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner, wherein the vehicle seat structure has a backrest structure, the backrest structure having a first side strut and a second side strut, wherein the structural component having the inertia belt reel connects the two side struts to each other, wherein the structural component in each case has, on both sides, as viewed in the transverse direction y, an opening into which the end regions of the side struts are received and the structural part is screwed down on both sides by at least one screw in each case.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the structural component having the inertia belt reel is a testable unit, the functioning of which is tested prior to the connection of the structural component having the inertia belt reel to the at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure, including the functioning of the inertia belt reel is tested.

Assignments (4)
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 ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 059086/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2021
From: MUEHLENBROCK, LUDGER; MUELLER, TORALF; SCHAFFERT, TOBIAS; TUPUSCHIES, KLAUS
To: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
Reel/Frame 055761/0794 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 126 207.8 · Oct 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210394706A1 · Dec 23, 2021
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