Johnson Controls Technology Company

Adient Luxembourg Holding S.a.r.l.

Adient Engineering and IP Gmbh

Edward J Lamont

Yannis Poulos

Ornela Zekavica

Alexander I Balin

Daniel James Sakkinen

Michael Leighton

Miodrag Petrovich

David Hayes

Mark S Williamson

Kurt A Seibold

Eric Bernard Michalak

Michael J Kapusky

William Shawn Brewer

Ronald G Bedro

Catherine M Amodeo

Nicholas Petouhoff

Joseph F Prosniewski

Anthony M Kestian

Robert J Hicks

Lucas P Porinsky

Anthony Kestian

Antoine A Kmeid

Phillip Wayne Wilson

Mark A Harris

Piotr Roszczenko

Patrick Donnelly

Alex Saveski

Srinivasa N Sanku

Elizabeth Ann Allen

Roger L Meyerink

Kurt A Seiboid

Elizabeth A Allen

Michael J Leighton

Raghuraj S Tathe

Ana A Munte

Ryan Schilling

Joel Jamison

Andrew J Erard

Michael G Buss

Miodrag Mitch Petrovich

David J Hayes

Nicholas L Petouhoff

Phillip W Wilson

Antoine Kmeid

A vehicle seat assembly is provided including a back panel formed of an aluminum alloy material that is stamped to form an aluminum alloy stamped back panel. The aluminum alloy stamped back panel has a periphery and with fastening locations inwardly of the periphery. A backrest frame is provided comprising steel tubes. A plurality of fastening connections fix the back panel to the backrest frame at the fastening locations. A process is provided for forming a vehicle seat assembly including stamping an aluminum alloy sheet to form an aluminum alloy, stamped, back panel with a periphery and with fastening locations inwardly of the periphery, providing a backrest frame comprising steel tubes, providing a plurality of steel fasteners and fixing the aluminum alloy stamped back panel to the backrest frame with the fasteners at the fastening locations.

Rear seat backrest with lightweight aluminum back panel

A back frame () for a seat back (). The back frame () has side members () and cross members (). The side members () have a dimension () which is larger than a corresponding dimension () of the crossmembers (). The dimensions () and () being taken along the same direction. The crossmember () is inserted into a partial opening () in the side member (). Since the dimension () is less than the dimension (), the partial opening () does not extend across the entire dimension (). Instead the opening () only partially extends across the dimension () to a length substantially equal to dimension (). The partial opening () is arranged against one side of the side member (), so that the cross member () is positioned closer to that side. Sleeve nuts () are arranged in the side members (), and are used to attach a recliner () which then attaches to the seat base ().

Seat back frame

A mechanism for folding a head restraint for a backrest of a seat, including a head restraint and a cross portion, where the cross portion is fixed relative to the backrest. The cross portion defines a first pivot axis, which the head restraint is pivoted about. The cross portion includes a locking disc. The head restraint comprises a cam that pivots about a second pivot axis. The head restraint is configured to be positioned in a usage-position relative to the cross portion and a storage-position relative to the cross portion. The position of the head restraint is changeable between the usage-position and the storage-position by pivoting about the first pivot axis. The cam is configured to be positioned in a locking-position and a releasing-position relative to the head restraint.

Folding head restraint mechanism

A seat back structure includes a web extending about a central opening, and an inner flange extending about an inner perimeter of the web adjacent to the central opening. The seat back structure also includes an outer flange extending about an outer perimeter of the web. The inner flange, the outer flange and the web form a channel extending about the seat back structure, and the seat back structure is formed from a single piece of material.

One-piece seat back structure

A seat structure may be installed in a seat assembly. The seat structure may comprise plurality of tube members forming a substantially closed structure. Some of the tube members have a substantially uniform cross-sectional area along a substantial portion of its respective longitudinal length. At least a first set of the tube members has at least one of a different dimensional property and a different material property from a second set of the tube members such that mechanical properties of each tube member is configured for stress requirements for a respective region that the respective tube member occupies. The plurality of tube members are joined such that the plurality of tube members are in fixed positions relative to each other.

Seat structures and processes to create seat structures

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Livonia, MI, United States of America

Edward J Lamont