Lear Corporation

Daimler Chrysler Ag

Dirk Benthaus

Zvonko Van Der Meer

Harald Fischer

Claudio Bargheer

Thomas Foelster

Ulrich Tschaeschke

Alexander Koblischke

Uwe Nagel

Andreas Kellner

Kai-Thorsten Schmiedl

Roland Beisswenger

Michael Eichler

A seat back assembly and method of manufacture is provided. The seat back includes a foam cushion layer. A support sub-assembly is formed including a rigid support layer with a plurality of cavities and channels defined on a rear surface for receiving components and a generally smooth front surface. At least one component is retained in one of the cavities and a second component is secured on the front surface of the support layer. A trim material covers the cushion layer and secures the sub-assembly to the seat back.

Seat support layer assembly

A fastener assembly is provided with a first threaded fastener. A damper has a body sized to receive the first threaded fastener, and a flange to provide an installation surface. A second threaded fastener is sized to engage the first threaded fastener. An actuator includes a housing with a receptacle. The receptacle has a cavity sized to receive the flange of the damper, and the receptacle is provided with a slot with an opening to receive the body of the damper. A structural support member has an aperture formed therethrough. The second threaded fastener is engaged with the aperture of the structural support member to fasten the actuator to the structural support member.

Dampened fastener assembly

An inflatable airbag system for a vehicle seat assembly of a vehicle. The inflatable airbag system includes a cover member adapted for mounting to the vehicle seat assembly. The inflatable airbag system also includes an inflatable airbag adapted to inflate outward from the cover member and outward from the vehicle seat assembly to thereby act as a protective barrier between an occupant of the vehicle seat assembly and an interior surface of the vehicle.

Inflatable airbag system for vehicle seat assembly

In order a safety device for a motor vehicle seat having a seat cushion part and a backrest, the backrest having a frame, a backrest cover, which faces rearward as seen in the direction of travel, and padding which faces forward, as seen in the direction of travel, and an airbag module is integrated into the backrest, said airbag module being arranged in that region of the backrest which faces the side wall structure of the motor vehicle in such a manner that an airbag is deployed when there is an impact between a driver and the side wall of the motor vehicle, said safety device ensuring a reliable and reproducible emergence of the airbag, it is proposed to arrange the airbag module to the rear of the backrest frame, when looking from the side wall of the motor vehicle.

Safety device for a motor vehicle seat

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Boeblingen, Germany

Dirk Benthaus