Seat back suspension assembly for vehicle and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9914249-B2
Application number	US-201615297957-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2016
Priority date	Aug 12, 2014
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

A seat back suspension assembly for a vehicle, disposed in a seat back frame inside a vehicle seat, may include a main wire including side wires extending in a vertical direction at left and right side thereof; at least one first support wire extending in a horizontal direction between the side wires at both sides thereof to allow both ends thereof to contact the side wires; at least one second support wire disposed to be spaced from the first support wire and extending in a horizontal direction between the side wires at both sides thereof to allow both ends thereof to contact the side wires; and a side guide injection-molded to cover the side wire and end portions of the first and second support wires contacting the side wire.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a seat back suspension assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
preparing a wire part comprising a main wire comprising side wires extending in a vertical direction at left and right side thereof, at least one first support wire extending in a horizontal direction between the side wires at first and second sides thereof to allow contact parts of first and second ends thereof to contact the side wires, and at least one second support wire disposed to be spaced from the at least one first support wire and extending in a horizontal direction between the side wires at the first and second sides thereof to allow curved parts of first and second ends thereof to partially cover the side wires; and
inserting the wire part into an injection mold and then injection-molding side guides covering the side wires, the contact parts of the at least one first support wire, and the curved parts of the at least one second support wire,
wherein each of the side guides comprises:
a main body covering one of the side wires;
a rotation preventing part covering a contact part of the at least one first support wire contacting one of the side wires and a contact part of a hook part contacting one of the side wires, wherein the hook part is integrally formed to extend from the first and second ends of the at least one first support wire in a horizontal direction of a vehicle seat; and
an injury preventing part covering a contact part of the at least one second support wire contacting one of the side wires.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising injection-molding a center guide connecting centers of a first support guide and a second support guide that are arranged in a vertical direction.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising injection-molding a clip mounting part at a center of a lower wire of the main wire.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Daechang Seat Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Tae Jo
• Lee Myung Soo
• Kwon Hyo Jeong

Classifications

• B29C45/14581 Primary

  Coating the cross-over points of articles in the form of a network · CPC title

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title

• B29K2023/12

  PP, i.e. polypropylene · CPC title

• B60N2/7094

  Upholstery springs · CPC title

• B29L2031/771

  Seats · CPC title