IP Library Granted Patent US 11,192,478
Granted Patent B2
US 11,192,478 · App. 16/967,347 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Device and method for producing an 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
B60N2/5891B60N2/5883B68G7/105B68G15/005
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,192,478
App. No.
16/967,347
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for producing an edge strip may have a supply unit with at least two openings for separately supplying an edge strip core and a material strip of a casing for the edge strip core. The material strip may be provided with a decorative element, an adapter unit, and a processing unit. The supply unit arranges the edge strip core on a surface side of the material strip which forms the inner face of the casing, and the adapter unit is designed to fold the material strip around the edge strip core. Free ends of the casing protrude from the edge strip core and lie one over the other, and the processing unit connects the free ends lying one over the other together. A method for producing an edge strip using such a device and to a seat cover with an edge strip is also included.

Claims (12)

1. A device for producing an edge strip, comprising:

a supply unit having at least two passages for separately supplying an edge strip core and a material strip of a casing for the edge strip core, said material strip being provided with a decorative element; an adapter unit arranged downstream of the supply unit, and a processing unit arranged downstream of the adapter unit,

wherein the supply unit is designed to arrange the edge strip core on a surface side of the material strip, said surface side forming the inner side of the casing, and the adapter unit is designed to fold the material strip around the edge strip core,

wherein free ends of the casing protrude from the edge strip core and lie one above another,

wherein the processing unit connects the free ends lying one above another to one another,

wherein one of the passages is designed as a slot and is provided to guide the casing separately from the edge strip core into the adapter unit.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the passages is designed as an opening and is provided to guide the edge strip core separately from the casing into the adapter unit.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter unit is connected to the supply unit in an integrally bonded, force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter unit is in the form of a folding unit and is designed to place the free ends of the casing one above another.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter unit comprises at least one upper guide in the region of the passage of the supply unit.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter unit comprises at least one lower guide in the region of the passage.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processing unit is in the form of a sewing machine and is designed to sew the free ends of the casing to one another.

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 Oct 2, 2020
From: HERING, MICHELLE; SCHMITZ, ANDREAS; HENNIG, LARS
To: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
Reel/Frame 053956/0826 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 201 755.7 · Feb 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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