Johnson Controls Technology Company

Adient US LLC

Phillip Wayne Wilson

Ornela Zekavica

Eric Bernard Michalak

Alexander I Balin

Daniel James Sakkinen

Catherine M Amodeo

Nicholas Petouhoff

Joseph F Prosniewski

Kurt A Seibold

William Shawn Brewer

Ronald G Bedro

Todd W Waelde

Michael Leighton

Alexander Saveski

Edward J Lamont

Miodrag Petrovich

David Hayes

Anthony Kestian

Antoine A Kmeid

Robert J Hicks

Mark A Harris

Mark S Williamson

Alex Saveski

Elizabeth Ann Allen

Andrew J Erard

Michael G Buss

Kurt A Seiboid

Youzhi Xiong

Nicholas Leonard Petouhoff

Joseph Francis Prosniewski

A seat back frame for use in a vehicle seat assembly including a first side member, a second side member, an upper cross member, and a lower cross member. The seat back frame also includes a load transfer member that transfers impact loads from a collision through the seat assembly.

Seat assembly having an impact load transfer structure

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 seat back frame for use in a vehicle seat assembly. The one-piece seat back frame includes a first side portion and a second side portion spaced apart from the first side portion, an upper cross portion and a lower cross portion. A lower cross bracket member is coupled to the seat back frame such that the lower cross bracket member at least partially overlaps the seat back frame lower cross portion forming a boxed section. A first recliner mechanism is coupled to the second end of the lower cross bracket member for a single-sided recliner system. A pivot bracket or a second recliner mechanism is coupled to the first end of the lower cross bracket member for a dual-sided recliner system.

One-piece seat back frame assembly and method of making same

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Wixom, MI, United States of America

Phillip Wayne Wilson