Vehicle seat mounting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11040636-B2
Application number	US-201916512456-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2019
Priority date	Jul 16, 2019
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A seat mounting system includes a seat frame having a support surface and first and second side surfaces downwardly extending from opposed sides of the support surface. Mounting members are supported on the first and second side surfaces. The mounting members each include an inner layer, an outer layer, and a deformable core portion disposed therebetween. The mounting members each include a mounting aperture extending through the deformable core portion, such that the deformable core portion surrounds the mounting aperture. A base frame includes a receiving aperture disposed through a body portion of the base frame. The base frame is operably coupled to the seat frame by a fastener received through the receiving aperture of the base frame and further received through the mounting aperture of the mounting member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat mounting system, comprising:
a seat frame having a support surface and first and second sidewalls downwardly extending from opposed sides of the support surface;
a mounting member supported on one of the first sidewall and the second sidewall, wherein the mounting member includes an inner layer, an outer layer, and a deformable core portion disposed therebetween, wherein the deformable core portion surrounds a portion of the mounting aperture and is comprised of an expanded metal material having a network of interconnected links defining a plurality of hollow tubes positioned in a plurality of rows that extend in a first direction, and further wherein the rows of the plurality of rows are spaced-apart in a second direction which is transverse to the first direction, and further wherein the mounting member includes a mounting aperture extending through the inner layer, the outer layer and the deformable core portion; and
a base frame having a receiving aperture, wherein the base frame is operably coupled to the seat frame by a fastener received through the receiving aperture of the base frame and further received through the mounting aperture of the mounting member.

2. The seat mounting system of claim 1 , wherein the expanded metal material is configured as a honeycomb structural body having a plurality of through holes extending in parallel with one another in a widthwise direction of the honeycomb structural body.

3. A seat mounting system, comprising:
a seat frame having a plurality of mounting members disposed thereon, wherein each mounting member of the plurality of mounting members includes a deformable core portion surrounding a mounting aperture extending through the mounting member, and further wherein the seat frame includes first and second sidewalls each having a front mounting member and a rear mounting member of the plurality of mounting members; and
a base frame having at least one receiving aperture, wherein the base frame is operably coupled to the seat frame by a fastener received through the at least one receiving aperture of the base frame and further received through the mounting aperture of one of the mounting members of the plurality of mounting members, wherein the base frame includes first and second side members disposed on opposite sides of the base frame, wherein the at least one receiving aperture includes front and rear receiving apertures disposed on both the first and second side members, wherein the front and rear mounting members of the first sidewall of the seat frame align with the front and rear receiving apertures of the first side member of the base frame, wherein the front and rear mounting members of the second sidewall of the seat frame align with the front and rear receiving apertures of the second side member of the base frame, and further wherein fasteners are received through the respective mounting apertures and receiving apertures to operably couple the seat frame to the base frame.

4. The seat mounting system of claim 3 , wherein each deformable core portion of the plurality of mounting members includes a network of interconnected links defining a plurality of hollow tubes.

5. The seat mounting system of claim 4 , wherein the hollow tubes of the plurality of hollow tubes are positioned in a plurality of rows that extend in a first direction, and further wherein the rows of the plurality of rows are spaced-apart in a second direction which is transverse to the first direction.

6. The seat mounting system of claim 3 , wherein the deformable core portion is comprised of an expanded metal material.

7. A seat mounting structure, comprising:
a frame member having a support surface with a sidewall outwardly extending from the support surface, wherein the frame member includes a mounting member supported on the sidewall, wherein the mounting member includes a deformable core portion surrounding a mounting aperture disposed through the mounting member, and further wherein the deformable core portion includes a first network of interconnected links defining a plurality of through holes having a first pattern oriented in a first direction and a second network of interconnected links defining a plurality of through holes having a second pattern oriented in a second direction that is different than the first direction.

8. The seat mounting structure of claim 7 , wherein the first network of interconnected links is separated from the second network of interconnected links by an intermediate layer.

9. The seat mounting structure of claim 7 , wherein the first network of interconnected links is configured to deform along a vertical axis.

10. The seat mounting structure of claim 9 , wherein the second network of interconnected links is configured to deform along a horizontal axis.

11. The seat mounting structure of claim 7 , wherein the deformable core portion includes an expanded metal material comprised of a plurality of interconnected links configured in a honeycomb configuration.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Hosbach Christian J
• Jaranson John Wayne
• Godin Keith Allen
• Line Johnathan Andrew
• Maloney Patrick

Classifications

• B60N2/005 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles {, e.g. dismountable auxiliary seats}(B60N2/02 takes precedence {; for railway vehicles B61D1/04}) · CPC title

• B60N2/4242

  vertical · CPC title

• B60N2/42709

  involving residual deformation or fracture of the structure · CPC title

• B60N2/4235

  transversal · CPC title

• B60N2/4214

  longitudinal · CPC title