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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Vikas Gupta, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jane M. Palmieri, Farmington, MI (US);
Mick F. Heckert, Sanford, MI (US);
Gregory J. Korchnak, Howell, MI (US);
Eric R. Kurtycz, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Gregory P. Reny, Sarnia, CA;
Dow Global Technologies, Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
An improved seating system that includes a seat back assembly ( ) that is fabricated to include a seat back ( ) with first and second wall portions ( ), and which may include an integrated reinforcement structure ( ). The seating system is capable of either or both of withstanding without rupture at least about 11000 Newtons in the direction in which the seat back ( ) faces in a plane, parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle or, upon rapid acceleration up to at least about 20 g, substantially no fragmentation of the seat back with at least a 30 kg mass placed behind the seat back.