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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2010
Eric B. Michalak, Northville, MI (US);
Gregg R. Laframboise, Windsor, CA;
Daniel J. Sakkinen, Highland, MI (US);
Ornela Zekavica, Novi, MI (US);
Antoine Kmeid, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph F. Prosniewski, Brownstown Township, MI (US);
Alexander I. Balin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nicholas L. Petouhoff, South Lyon, MI (US);
Eric B. Michalak, Northville, MI (US);
Gregg R. Laframboise, Windsor, CA;
Daniel J. Sakkinen, Highland, MI (US);
Ornela Zekavica, Novi, MI (US);
Antoine Kmeid, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph F. Prosniewski, Brownstown Township, MI (US);
Alexander I. Balin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nicholas L. Petouhoff, South Lyon, MI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a back rest structure for vehicle seats and a method for manufacturing the same. The back rest structure has a back panel element and a seat back frame element fixed to each other, where at least one of the back panel element or the seat back frame element is provided of a thermoplastic composite material comprising a thermoplastic compound material and a reinforcement material, wherein with respect to the thermoplastic material the reinforcement material represents 50 wt-% or more than 50 wt-%.