IP Library Granted Patent US 11,541,835
Granted Patent B2
US 11,541,835 · App. 17/312,418 · Granted Jan 3, 2023

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Jean-Luc Hamm (Hoerdt, FR); Benjamin Joerke (Zuchering, DE); Benjamin Guenther (Solingen, DE)
Assignee: Adient US LLC
B60R21/207B60N2/64B60R21/2165B60R2021/161
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Patent No.
US 11,541,835
App. No.
17/312,418
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat may have a seat part and a backrest. The backrest may have a foam component with a cavity for receiving at least part of an airbag device. The foam component may be lined at least to some extent with a reinforcing layer arrangement in the region of the cavity.

Claims (18)

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:

a seat part and a backrest, said backrest having a foam component with a cavity for receiving at least part of an airbag device,

wherein the foam component is lined at least to some extent with a reinforcing layer arrangement in the region of the cavity,

wherein the reinforcing layer arrangement has as least one reinforcing layer with an anti-adhesion coating or laminating on the side of the at least one reinforcing layer facing the airbag device.

2. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the case of a deployed airbag of the airbag device, the reinforcing layer arrangement guides the deployed airbag to a predetermined breaking point of the foam component.

3. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the airbag device is a far-side airbag device.

4. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing layer arrangement has at least one reinforcing layer which is arranged in the foam component.

5. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the reinforcing layer arrangement has a first reinforcing layer and a second reinforcing layer.

6. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 5 , wherein an outer end region of the first reinforcing layer and an outer end region of the second reinforcing layer receive therebetween the predetermined breaking point.

7. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the predetermined breaking point is configured as a notch in the foam component.

8. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the foam component has a first flange, a second flange and a web connecting the first flange to the second flange, which define the cavity.

9. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the web runs substantially parallel to a plane generated by a longitudinal direction (x) and a vertical direction (z).

10. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the predetermined breaking point is configured in the web.

11. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 8 , wherein an outer end region of the first reinforcing layer and/or an outer end region of the second reinforcing layer is foamed into the web.

12. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 11 , wherein in the region of the predetermined breaking point of the foam component, an outer end region of the second reinforcing layer is oriented approximately perpendicularly to an outer end region of the first reinforcing layer.

13. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 11 , wherein in the region of the predetermined breaking point of the foam component, an outer end region of the second reinforcing layer runs approximately parallel to an outer end region of the first reinforcing layer.

14. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one reinforcing layer of the reinforcing layer arrangement is produced from a woven material.

15. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one reinforcing layer of the reinforcing arrangement is produced from a plastics material.

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 Jun 10, 2021
From: HAMM, JEAN-LUC; JOERKE, BENJAMIN; GUENTHER, BENJAMIN
To: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
Reel/Frame 056495/0391 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2018 131 810.3 · Dec 11, 2018 · national
DE 10 2018133 243.2 · Dec 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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