Composite member and seat shell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016318432-A1
Application number	US-201415108120-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 22, 2014
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	Nov 3, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A composite member ( 1 ) for manufacturing motor vehicle seats and motor vehicle parts, includes a central layer ( 1.3 ) and outer layers ( 1.1, 1.2 ) on the outside of the central layer ( 1.3 ). In order to provide a composite member ( 1 ) which is used for manufacturing motor vehicle seats and motor vehicle parts and which can be produced at a low cost in a particularly simple manner, has great dimensional stability and rigidity, exhibits particularly high resistance to mechanical loads, and has a particularly low dead weight, the central layer ( 1.3 ) is made of a plastic material and the outer layers ( 1.1, 1.2 ) are made of sheet metal.

First claim

1 . A composite member for producing motor-vehicle seats and motor-vehicle components, the composite member comprising:
a central layer; and outer layers, which are arranged on the outside of the central layer, wherein the central layer is formed from a viscoelastic, thermoplastic copolymer and the outer layers are formed from a sheet metal.

2 . The composite member as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the composite member designed to be dimensionally stable, or flexurally rigid or rigid when subjected to elongation or any combination of dimensionally stable, flexurally rigid and rigid when subjected to elongation.

3 . The composite member as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sheet metal has a material thickness of 0.1-1.5 mm.

4 . The composite member as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central layer has a material thickness of 0.02-1.5 mm.

5 . The composite member as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one or both of the outer layers or the core layer or any combination of the outer layers and the core layer have an essentially constant material thickness over an entire surface area thereof.

6 . The composite member as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the composite member has a material thickness of 0.25-2 mm.

7 . The composite member as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two outer layers have differing material thicknesses, wherein a difference of the material thicknesses of the two outer layers is between 10-30%.

8 . The composite member as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a material thickness of the core layer to one or both of the outer layers is between 2:1 and 4.1.

9 . The composite member as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a material thickness of the core layer to one or both of the outer layers is between 1:5 and 1.50.

10 . The composite member as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one or both of the metal sheets has/have a corrosion-protection layer comprising a zinc coating, arranged on the outside.

11 . The composite member as claimed in claim 1 , wherein individual peripheral regions, are formed by folding.

12 . A seat shell produced from a composite member, the composite member comprising
a central layer formed from a viscoelastic, thermoplastic copolymer; and outer layers arranged on the outside of the central layer, wherein the outer layers are formed from a sheet metal.

13 . A seat shell as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the composite member is configured to be dimensionally stable or flexurally rigid or rigid when subjected to elongation or any combination of dimensionally stable, flexurally rigid and rigid when subjected to elongation.

14 . A seat shell as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the sheet metal has a material thickness of 0.1-1.5 mm and the central layer has a material thickness of 0.02-1.5 mm.

15 . A seat shell as claimed in claim 12 , wherein one or both of the outer layers or the core layer or any combination of the outer layers and the core layer have an essentially constant material thickness over an entire surface area thereof.

16 . A seat shell as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the composite member has a material thickness of 0.25-2 mm.

17 . A seat shell as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the two outer layers have differing material thicknesses, wherein a difference of the material thicknesses of the two outer layers is between 10-30%.

18 . A seat shell as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the a ratio of a material thickness of the core layer to one or both of the outer layers is between 2:1 and 4:1.

19 . A seat shell as claimed in claim 12 , wherein a ratio of a material thickness of the core layer to one or both of the outer layers is between 1:5 and 1:50

20 . A seat shell as claimed in claim 12 , wherein one or both of the metal sheets has/have a corrosion-protection layer comprising a zinc coating, arranged on the outside.

Assignees

• Johnson Controls Tech Co

Inventors

• Zimmerbeutel Bernd
• Magnus Nils
• Stepankowsky Marian
• Kunz Guido

Classifications

• B32B2605/003

  Interior finishings · CPC title

• B32B2307/714

  Inert, i.e. inert to chemical degradation, corrosion · CPC title

• C09D5/106

  containing Zn · CPC title

• B60N2/686 Primary

  Panel like structures · CPC title

• B32B2307/734

  Dimensional stability · CPC title