Lear Corporation

Patrick J Carlsen

Daniel E Hawkins

David J Abdella

Joshua Hallock

Samuel Blair

William Webster

A vehicle seating system and a method for producing a vehicle seating system may include a cushion made at least in part from a stranded-mesh material and configured to support a seated occupant. Also included may be a support structure configured to support the cushion and a trim-cover material configured to be disposed over at least a portion of the stranded-mesh material. The stranded-mesh material may include an integrated attachment arrangement configured to receive a fastening arrangement for securing the trim-cover material to the stranded-mesh material.

Vehicle seating system and method for producing same

A non-rotatable ashtray for use with a console assembly adapted to be located between the front passenger seat and the driver seat of an automotive vehicle, the console being convertible to provide alternately an auxiliary seat for a third front passenger, and an armrest for the front seat passenger and the vehicle driver, the console including a lower portion that may be tilted forwardly to expose a storage bin and an ashtray situated on a stationary housing portion for the console and an ashtray cover that is adapted to be rotated about a fixed axis to a closed position upon rotation of the lower console portion to the position it assumes when the console functions as an armrest.

Non-rotational ashtray for an automotive console

A console assembly for use with a pair of seats in the forward passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle including a seatback portion that may be positioned in a contiguous fashion between the seatbacks of the front seat assemblies and pivoted to a generally horizontal position to provide an armrest, and an auxiliary seat having a second lower portion normally positioned below the seatback portion when the latter assumes a generally horizontal position, the second lower portion being pivotally mounted on a housing member secured to the vehicle body structure and adjustable forward to an inverted position, the second lower portion having a cup retaining portion and a storage bin portion arranged in transverse, side-by-side relationship whereby the cup retaining portion and the storage bin are located for easy access by a vehicle driver or passenger.

Console assembly for an automotive vehicle combining armrest, article

A friction detent apparatus includes a resistance washer having a planar circular body with a central portion fixedly mounted to a pivot rod attached to a support structure, the body having a first arcuate friction contact surface spaced a first predetermined distance from the central portion and a second arcuate friction contact surface spaced a second greater predetermined distance from the central portion, a first detent nub formed on the first contact surface and a second detent nub formed on the second contact surface. First and second follower pins are fixedly mounted on a device pivotally mounted on the pivot rod for engaging the first and second friction surfaces respectively. The pins move along the friction surfaces as the device is rotated relative to the pivot rod and the detent nubs releasably retain the pins in an 'end of travel' position. In a tension beam washer form, an elongated arcuate slot in the body has the first friction surface as a side thereof and a portion of the body is deflected outwardly under tension as the first pin moves past the first detent nub. In a compression beam washer form, the first friction surface is formed as a radially recessed portion of a periphery of the body, an arcuate slot is formed in the body and the portion of the body adjacent the slot is deflected inwardly under compression as the first pin moves past the first detent nub.

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St. Clair Shores, MI, United States of America

Patrick J Carlsen