Lear Corporation

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Rodger G Smith

Rainer Penzel

Adrian J Lewis

Alex Taylor

Wayne Meyrick

Clive Pearce

Pacho Leon

Alexander Thomas Taylor

A method for making a vehicle seat trim component including a step of providing a first foam component that includes a first foam layer and a flexible component. The flexible component is sewn to the first foam layer and defining cutout sections and end sections. A second foam component is attached to the first foam component to form a compound foam structure. The second foam component includes a second foam layer and an exterior layer. A pattern is sewn into the compound foam structure avoiding the end sections.

Hidden tie down method

A slouch rear seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back pivotally mounted to the seat bottom, and a driver for moving the slouch rear seat between a design position and a fully forward position. Characteristically, the seat bottom moves from the design position to the fully forward position by the seat bottom moving upward and forward in a manner that avoids a vehicle occupant contacting the top of the vehicle cabin.

Slouch rear seat

A vehicle head restraint assembly may be provided with a support rod adapted to be mounted to a seat back of a vehicle seat. A rear housing may be mounted to the support rod. A front housing may be pivotally connected to the support rod. A locking arm may be mounted to one of the support rod and the front housing. A release mechanism may be mounted to one of the front housing and the rear housing and operably engaged with the locking arm. Actuation of the release mechanism may disengage the locking arm to pivot the front housing forward relative to the support rod.

Adjustable vehicle head restraint assembly

A vehicle seat includes a frame and a pad having a portion. A trim cover at least partially surrounds the frame and the portion of the pad. The trim cover includes a tear seam formed therein and has an underside disposed adjacent the portion of the pad. The seat further includes an airbag module having an inflator, a housing defining an opening, and an airbag deployable from a folded position within the housing to an expanded position extending outwardly through the opening of the housing. The seat further includes a deflector having a first portion mounted on the frame and a second portion extending outwardly from the first portion. During deployment of the airbag, the second portion flexes relative to the first portion to move the portion of the pad away from the underside of the trim cover. The airbag is directed between the deflector and the underside of the trim material.

Vehicle seat having an integrated airbag module

In at least certain embodiments, the vehicle seat assembly comprises a vehicle seat assembly comprising an air bag guide including an inner panel, an outer panel, and a deflector member, with the and outer panels being made of flexible material and the inner deflector member being made of a rigid material, with the deflector member having a leg member secured to the air bag assembly and a finger member, extending away from the leg member spaced from the release seam.

Vehicle seat assembly with deflector inner panel air bag guide retainer

In at least certain embodiments, the vehicle seat assembly comprises an air bag guide including a first inner panel, a second inner panel, and an outer panel, with each of the panels being made of flexible material and having forward and rearward extremities, and a rigid plastic connector assembly for releasably securing the first and second inner panels to each other adjacent the air bag assembly, with the rigid connector comprising at least two releasably connected members, and with at least one of the connected members having at least one stop for inhibiting relative lateral movement of the connected members.

Vehicle seat assembly with two-part, clipped air bag guide retainer

The present invention relates to a stowable seat assembly and a method for stowing a vehicular component. In at least one embodiment, the assembly and the vehicular component comprise a stowable seat assembly secured to the vehicle. Having a first seat back and a first seat base, which is adjacent to a longitudinal bar defining in part an opening and a cavity. The assembly also has adjacent to the first seat, a second seat having a second seat base with a bottom side and a second seat back foldable adjacent to the second seat base, and a pivot arm with a first end connected to the second seat base. A second end of the pivot arm is connected to the longitudinal bar, and is positionable on the bar allowing the folded second seat, to pass by the first seat back when pivoted laterally into the opening during stowing of the second seat.

Stowable component for a vehicle and a method for stowing a vehicular component

An anchor assembly is suitable for releaseably and adjustably securing a vehicle seat to the floor of a vehicle. The anchor assembly includes an anchor unit that in use is secured to the floor of the vehicle and a lock unit that in use is secured to the base of the vehicle seat. The lock unit cooperates with an anchor member in the anchor unit so that ) the position of the vehicle seat can be adjusted by sliding the lock unit along the anchor member, ) the lock unit can be secured in at least one predetermined adjustment position, and ) the lock unit can be released from the anchor unit in at least one predetermined release position.

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Shropshire, United Kingdom

Rodger G Smith