Iee International Electronics and Engineering S.a.

Fabian Leponce

Sanel Imamovic

Jean Claude Schmitz

An upholstered seat element for a vehicle seat comprises a foam padding () having a surface generally shaped in conformity with an outward surface of the vehicle seat, a trim cover disposed on the foam padding surface, a sheet-type electric device arranged between the foam padding and the trim cover and an attachment assembly securing the trim cover to the foam padding. The foam padding has at least one channel formed therein on the foam padding surface, along which channel the attachment assembly is arranged. The sheet-type device has at least one strip-shaped portion crossing the channel in at least one crossing location. The foam padding has a recess formed therein at the at least one crossing location, the recess being dimensioned in such a way that the strip-shaped portion of the film type device may slide into the recess when the upholstered seat element is subjected to a force inducing deformation of the foam padding. The recess is arranged offset from the middle of the crossing location, on the course of the strip-shaped portion of the sheet-like electric device () and a further recess is formed in the foam at the at least one crossing location, the further recess being arranged substantially symmetrically to the first recess with respect to the middle of the crossing location, on the course of the strip-shaped portion.

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Martelange, Belgium

Fabian Leponce