Vehicle seat with an upholstered section and at least one cover for capping a through opening in the upholstered section, and method for fitting a cover on a seat section of a vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11820264-B2
Application number	US-202017419393-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2020
Priority date	Feb 20, 2019
Publication date	Nov 21, 2023
Grant date	Nov 21, 2023

Abstract

A vehicle seat may have an upholstered section and at least one cover for capping a through opening in the upholstered section. The cover may have a support, a trim and a cap. A method for fitting the cover may have at least the following steps: fitting the trim and the cap to form a preassembled subassembly, fitting the support on a seat frame of the vehicle seat, positioning an upholstered section on the seat frame, and inserting the subassembly through a through opening in the upholstered section into the support. An edge region of a covering of the upholstered section is clamped between the trim and the support. The subassembly may be fitted to the support.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat with a cushion part and at least one covering for lining a through opening in the cushion part, the covering having a carrier, a bezel and a cover, wherein the carrier is fastened to a seat frame of the vehicle seat, wherein an edge region of an upholstery part, which edge region surrounds an upholstery part opening, is clamped in between the bezel and the carrier,
wherein a fastening element for fastening a child seat is arranged or can be arranged in the through opening or behind the through opening.

2. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seat frame has a wire frame, and two retaining plates which are fastened to the wire frame.

3. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the carrier has a frame-shaped design.

4. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the carrier is manufactured from plastic.

5. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the carrier has at least one clip for fastening the carrier to the seat frame.

6. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bezel has a frame-shaped design.

7. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bezel has a peripheral edge.

8. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bezel is manufactured from plastic.

9. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bezel has at least one clip for fastening the bezel to the carrier.

10. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover has at least one clip for fastening the cover to the bezel.

11. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover can be detached from the bezel, and/or the cover is mounted pivotably on the bezel.

12. A method for mounting a covering on a seat part of a vehicle seat, comprising:
a) mounting of a bezel and a cover to form a preassembled assembly,
b) mounting of a carrier on a seat frame of the vehicle seat,
c) placing of a cushion part onto the seat frame,
d) plugging of the assembly through a through opening of the cushion part, into the carrier, as a result of which an edge region of an upholstery part of the cushion part is clamped in between the bezel and the carrier, and
e) fastening of the assembly to the carrier,
wherein an edge region of the upholstery part, which edge region surrounds an upholstery part opening, is clamped in between the bezel and the carrier,
wherein a fastening element for fastening a child seat is arranged or can be arranged in the through opening or behind the through opening.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the mounting of the bezel and the cover to form a preassembled assembly takes place temporally before the mounting of the carrier on the seat frame of the vehicle seat.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the mounting of the carrier on the seat frame of the vehicle seat takes place temporally before the mounting of the bezel and the cover to form a preassembled assembly.

Assignees

• Adient Eng & Ip Gmbh
• Adient Us Llc

Inventors

• Lindqvist Johan
• Masane Rahul
• Svensson Lennart

Classifications

• B60N2/2893 Primary

  coupled to the seat sub-frame · CPC title

• B60N2/5841

  by clamping means · CPC title

• B60N2/60

  Removable protective coverings · CPC title

• B60N2/2887 Primary

  Fixation to a transversal anchorage bar, e.g. isofix · CPC title

• B60N2/6009

  covering more than only the seat · CPC title