Vehicle seat incorporating a seat back panel

a seat back and vehicle seat technology, applied in the field of vehicle seat back incorporating a seat back panel, can solve the problems of reducing weight components that must still provide structural rigidity, difficult to meet the above-mentioned design goals, and difficult to perform maintenance on seat assemblies

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-11-10
LEAR CORP
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However, such reduced weight components must still provide structural rigidity to the seat to meet vehicle safety standards.
However, because conventional vehicle seat assemblies require providing separate and assembling separate structural components, it is difficult to meet to the above-noted design goals.
Further, it is difficult to perform maintenance on seat assemblies once installed in a vehicle passenger compartment.

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[0015] Referring now to FIG. 1, a vehicle seat assembly 10 is illustrated having a seat bottom 12 and a pivotally connected seat back 14. Seat bottom 12 is conventional in design and can be constructed in accordance with any known manner. Seat bottom 12 generally includes a structural frame (not shown) covered by an outer finish cover material 16 extending about a foam pad layer or other suitable seating material. It is contemplated that cover material 16 may include fabric, vinyl, leather or other materials used in the vehicle passenger compartments based on manufacturing requirements. The upper portion of seat bottom 12 is designed to support the lower body portions of an occupant of the vehicle.

[0016] Seat bottom 12 includes a base 18 adjustably mounted to a support assembly 20. As shown in FIG. 1, support assembly comprises a pair of rails 20 mounted to the floor 22 of the vehicle. Each rail 20 includes a channel 24 extending longitudinally through the rail which receives a sl...

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A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back including a frame connected to the seat bottom. The seat back includes a front surface configured to support an occupant and a rear surface. A seat back panel securable to the seat back frame includes an outer appearance surface and a retainer structure disposed on an inner surface. The retainer structure is releasably secured to the seat back frame such that the seat back panel at least partially covers an opening in the rear surface of the seat back.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to improvements in vehicle seat assemblies, and more particularly to a vehicle seat back incorporating a seat back panel. [0003] 2. Background Art [0004] Generally, vehicle seats are formed as an assembly of elements including internal structural support mechanisms attached to a bottom and back frame member so as to extend across the seating area, a padding layer positioned over the support mechanism and the frame, and a finish seat covering sewn to provide the final protective and aesthetic appearance of the seat. [0005] While such a seat assembly has proven satisfactory for many vehicles, the need to develop vehicles having lower manufacturing costs and better fuel efficiency has heightened the need to provide vehicle component designs that simplify manufacturing processes while also lowering overall vehicle weight. Such considerations are also critical in designing alternative fuel v...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47C7/62B60N2/64B60N2/68
CPCB60N2/68B60N2/64
Inventor PRASATEK, ANTHONY ADAMDODGE, CHRIS
Owner LEAR CORP
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