Johnson Controls Technology Company

Elizabeth Ann Allen

Eric Bernard Michalak

Ornela Zekavica

Alexander I Balin

William Shawn Brewer

Daniel James Sakkinen

Ronald G Bedro

Catherine M Amodeo

Michael Leighton

Nicholas Petouhoff

Edward J Lamont

Joseph F Prosniewski

David Hayes

Miodrag Petrovich

Mark A Harris

Anthony Kestian

Robert J Hicks

Phillip Wayne Wilson

Mark S Williamson

Alex Saveski

Andrew J Erard

Michael G Buss

Kurt A Seiboid

Nandakumar Sankaran

Robert Michael Heilman

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 vehicle seat () includes an improved seat frame member () used as a seat back, a recliner mechanism connection () and a vehicle seat track actuator mechanism (). The seat back frame member () includes a side frame member () having a side frame structural member () preferably made from a relatively high strength steel and a stiffening insert member () to provide strength and rigidity to the recliner mechanism connection () and to reduce the overall mass of the vehicle seat frame member and thereby the vehicle seat (). The seat frame member () further includes a recliner mechanism () welded to the side frame structural member () preferably utilizing a shaped laser weld pattern (). The vehicle seat track actuator mechanism () includes a bar (), first and second pivot pins () and connectors ().

Vehicle seat

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Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

Elizabeth Ann Allen