Johnson Controls Technology Company

Adient Engineering and IP Gmbh

Miodrag Petrovich

Ornela Zekavica

Ronald G Bedro

Edward J Lamont

Kurt A Seibold

Eric Bernard Michalak

Alexander I Balin

William Shawn Brewer

Daniel James Sakkinen

Yannis Poulos

Catherine M Amodeo

Michael Leighton

Nicholas Petouhoff

Joseph F Prosniewski

David Hayes

Phillip Wayne Wilson

Robert J Hicks

Mark A Harris

Lucas P Porinsky

Anthony Kestian

Mark S Williamson

Alex Saveski

Elizabeth Ann Allen

Ryan Schilling

Andrew J Erard

Michael G Buss

Kurt A Seiboid

Atsushi Nakashima

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 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 one-piece back frame including an upper portion, a lower portion and a pair of vertical portions. The upper portion includes a first flange bent downwardly and a second flange bent upwardly to enclose the upper portion. The first and second flanges are brazed or welded to one another, which has the effect of strengthening the upper portion of the back frame and increasing its resistance to forces and moments during front or rear impact. Additionally, a pair of tubes extend through and are connected to upper portion. The tubes are designed for receiving a head restraint, but also serve the additional purpose of further strengthening the upper portion to increase its resistance to forces and moments during front or rear impacts.

Method of forming one piece back frame for a vehicle seat

The present invention is directed to a vehicle seat that pivots to allow easy ingress and egress and in particular to a vehicle seat that manually pivots in conjunction with linear movement to allow easy ingress and egress to seating located behind the pivoting seat.

Swivel ingress vehicle seat

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Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Miodrag Petrovich