Interior part of vehicle and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10596937-B2
Application number	US-201615217869-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2016
Priority date	Jul 27, 2015
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

An interior part of vehicle capable of improving in design property is manufactured by joining a plurality of pieces of a layered cloth having at least a skin material and a cushion material. The plurality of pieces to be joined are processed with continuous stitches, and the pieces joined with the stitch processing are sewn up, with the front surfaces put together, along ends to be joined. One of the joined plurality of pieces is folded, thus the plurality of pieces are provided, with the front surfaces facing vehicle interior space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing an interior part of a vehicle, the method comprising:
(a) disposing first ends of a plurality of separate pieces of layered cloth adjacent to each other, each of the pieces including at least a skin material and a cushion material, the skin materials of the separate pieces of layered cloth facing in a same direction;
(b) forming at least one continuous stitch on the skin materials and extending between the adjacent first ends of the plurality of pieces of layered cloth so as to join the separate pieces together;
(c) after (b), disposing the plurality of pieces of layered cloth joined by the at least one continuous stitch such that the respective skin materials of the plurality of pieces face each other and such that the respective first ends are aligned, and sewing the plurality of pieces of layered cloth together along a sewing line adjacent to said aligned first ends; and
(d) after (c), folding one of the joined plurality of pieces of layered cloth with respect to the sewing line such that portions of the respective skin materials of each of the plurality of pieces of layered cloth face an inner space of the vehicle.

2. The method of manufacturing the interior part of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the layered cloth is formed by overlaying at least the skin material, the cushion material, and a back base fabric.

3. The method of manufacturing the interior part of the vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the interior part of the vehicle forms at least a part of a trim cover forming a surface of a vehicle seat, and
wherein, after (d), the plurality of pieces stitch processed and sewn together form a quilted material.

4. The method of manufacturing the interior part of the vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the interior part of the vehicle forms at least a part of a trim cover forming a surface of a vehicle seat, and
wherein, after (d), the plurality of pieces stitch processed and sewn together form a quilted material.

5. The method of manufacturing the interior part of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in (c), the sewing line crosses a direction in which the at least one continuous stitch extends.

Assignees

• Tachi S Co

Inventors

• Sekino Hiroshi
• Kobayashi Yukihito
• Tadokoro Satoshi
• Lai Meimei
• Hori Takuya

Classifications

• B60N2/5883

  by sewing, stitching or threading · CPC title

• B60N2/58 Primary

  Seat coverings · CPC title

• B60N2/7017

  characterised by the manufacturing process; manufacturing upholstery or upholstery springs not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• D05B11/00

  Machines for sewing quilts or mattresses (control of workpiece-holding frames, or of sewing machines, in order to obtain particular seam configuration D05B21/00) · CPC title

• B60N2/5891

  characterised by the manufacturing process; manufacturing seat coverings not otherwise provided for · CPC title