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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Adient Engineering and Ip Gmbh, Burscheid, DE;
Dalibor Dimovski, Macomb, MI (US);
John Gomez, Howell, MI (US);
James Biebel, Milford, MI (US);
Jolene Ng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Adient Engineering and IP GmbH, Burscheid, DE;
Abstract
A modular vehicle seating system includes a vehicle body () with vehicle interior connection features () and a modular vehicle seating insert. The seating insert comprises a shell structure (″) to be received within the vehicle body. The shell structure has a vehicle body facing surface and a vehicle interior facing surface, wherein the vehicle interior facing surface defines seat module receiving portions (). Vehicle connection features () are operatively provided at a side of the vehicle body facing surface of the shell structure for cooperation with the vehicle interior connection features to fix the shell structure to the vehicle body. Seat module connection features () are associated with each of the seat module receiving portions. The system further includes one or more seat module (), each with a seat base () and a seat clamping connector ().