Vehicle seat backrest and associated manufacturing method
AssigneeFAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
InventorsDidier Fouinat, Julie Thomas, Christophe Remy, Fabrice Etienne
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Abstract
A vehicle seat backrest having a body, a cover layer designed to be placed at the back of the body and covering at least a portion of the body, a storage apparatus defining a storage volume over a portion of the cover layer, and a fixation device for attaching the storage apparatus onto the cover layer. The fixation device includes at least one fixation support and at least one pin. The cover layer is overmolded onto the at least one fixation support. The at least one pin mates with the at least one fixation support and the storage apparatus so as to attach the storage apparatus to the cover layer.
Claims13
A backrest of a vehicle seat comprising a body, a cover layer designed to be placed at the back of the body and covering at least part of the body, a storage apparatus defining a storage volume over a portion of the cover layer, and a fixation device for attaching the storage apparatus onto the cover layer, the fixation device comprising at least one fixation support and at least one pin, the cover layer being overmolded onto the at least one fixation support, the at least one pin cooperating with the at least one fixation support and the storage apparatus so as to attach the storage apparatus to the cover layer.
A method for manufacturing a backrest of a vehicle seat comprising:
- providing a body, a storage apparatus, and a fixation device for attaching the storage apparatus onto a cover layer of the seat, the fixation device comprising at least one fixation support and at least one pin;
- overmolding of the cover layer on the at least one fixation support;
- placing the cover layer at the back of the body, the cover layer covering at least part of the body;
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- arranging the at least one pin in such a way that the at least one pin cooperates with the at least one fixation support and the storage apparatus so as to attach the storage apparatus to the cover layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.