IP Library Granted Patent US 11,511,652
Granted Patent B2
US 11,511,652 · App. 16/973,468 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Seat part, in particular a backrest for a vehicle seat

Inventors: Uwe Reichel (Kaiserslautern, DE); Georg Ludwig Fischer (Winnweiler, DE)
Assignee: Adient US LLC
B60N2/682B60N2/64B60N2/686B60N2/986
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Patent No.
US 11,511,652
App. No.
16/973,468
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat part for a vehicle seat may have a support structure which has a tubular frame and a composite component. The tubular frame may have at least one opening on a front side. A threaded sleeve may be arranged and the composite component is arranged on the front side of the tubular frame and is secured to the tubular frame via a screw screwed into the threaded sleeve.

Claims (21)

1. A seat part, in particular a backrest for a vehicle seat, comprising:

a support structure which comprises at least one tubular frame and at least one composite component, wherein the at least one tubular frame has, on a front side, at least one opening in which at least one threaded sleeve is arranged, and the at least one composite component is arranged on the front side of the at least one tubular frame and is fastened to the at least one tubular frame via at least one screw screwed into the at least one threaded sleeve, wherein the at least one tubular frame has at least one embossment formed on the front side adjacent the at least one opening, wherein the at least one threaded sleeve is coupled to at least one adaption element, wherein the at least one adaption element is disposed on the front side of the at least one tubular frame adjacent a base surface of the at least one embossment, and wherein the at least one threaded sleeve is directly coupled to the at least one tubular frame.

2. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one adaptation element having at least one aperture, which is arranged in correspondence with the at least one opening, for the at least one screw is provided between the at least one tubular frame and the at least one composite component, wherein the at least one screw penetrates the at least one adaptation element and, with the at least one tubular frame and the at least one composite component in an assembled state of the support structure, the at least one adaption element is braced between them in an adjustable manner.

3. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one composite component and the at least one tubular frame form at least one contoured element.

4. The seat part as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one contoured element forms at least one seat contour for a seat user and has a central region and two side bolster regions which are inclined with respect to the central region.

5. The seat part as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one contoured element forms a seat contour for a backrest with integrated headrest and has a central back region, which is connected to a head region via a neck region, and two side bolster regions which are inclined with respect to the back region.

6. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one composite component has a shell-shaped design and has, on at least one of the front side and a rear side, depressions which are provided with at least one stiffening structure.

7. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one composite component has, in a lower shell region, one of a u-shaped cutout and a u-shaped channel in which the at least one tubular frame is arranged in a correspondingly formed manner.

8. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one threaded sleeve is directly welded into the at least one tubular frame.

9. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one threaded sleeve is a constituent part of the at least one adaptation element, which is fastened to the front side of the at least one tubular frame.

10. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of at least one of the at least one adaptation element and the at least one tubular frame is formed from metal.

11. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least a portion of the at least one adaptation element is welded to the at least one tubular frame.

12. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one composite component is configured from, including formed from, at least one organosheet.

13. The seat part as claimed in claim 12 , wherein at least one injection-molding compound is molded onto the at least one organosheet.

14. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a portion of a rear side of the at least one tubular frame located directly opposite the at least one opening formed in the front side of the at least one tubular frame is closed.

15. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in an assembled state of the support structure, the at least one threaded sleeve is concealed from a rear view by the at least one tubular frame.

16. The seat part as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the screw is disposed through the at least one opening formed on the front side of the at least one tubular frame.

17. A seat part, in particular a backrest for a vehicle seat, comprising:

a support structure which comprises at least one tubular frame and at least one composite component, wherein the at least one tubular frame has, on a front side, at least one opening in which at least one threaded sleeve is arranged, wherein the at least one composite component is arranged on the front side of the at least one tubular frame and is fastened to the at least one tubular frame via at least one screw screwed into the at least one threaded sleeve, and wherein, in the assembled state of the support structure, the at least one threaded sleeve is concealed from a rear view by the at least one tubular frame.

18. The seat part as claimed in claim 17 , wherein a least a portion of a rear side of the at least one tubular frame is closed to conceal the at least one threaded sleeve from the rear view.

19. The seat part as claimed in claim 17 , wherein, in the assembled state of the support structure, the at least one threaded sleeve is concealed from a front view by at least one of the at least one composite component and at least one adaption element.

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 Jan 12, 2021
From: REICHEL, UWE; FISCHER, GEORG LUDWIG
To: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
Reel/Frame 054891/0676 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 209 427.6 · Jun 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210245637A1 · Aug 12, 2021