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US 12,344,141 B2Granted
Vehicle seat and a method for producing the vehicle seat
AssigneeAdient US LLC
InventorsReinier Soliven, John Gomez, Thomas Gould, John Beranek, Ruben Eugenio Acosta Macias, Annette Holbrook, Niels Mondelaers, Marc Poulin, Raza Bashir
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Abstract
A method of forming a seat cover may include providing a high frequency welding device, locating a seat cover in the high frequency welding device, and energizing the high frequency welding device to either join two or more pieces of the seat cover together or to impart a shape to form a contoured seat cover.
Claims20
A method of forming a seat cover, comprising:
- providing a high frequency welding device;
- locating a seat cover in the high frequency welding device;
- energizing the high frequency welding device to either join two or more pieces of the seat cover together or to impart a shape to the seat cover;
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- attaching a trim tie down to the seat cover;
- wherein at least one mold part of the high frequency welding device closes at least partially about the seat cover so that heat from the mold part and the shape of the mold part transfers to the seat cover;
- wherein the at least one mold part imparts at least one concave shape to the seat cover.
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A seat cover formed by a process, comprising:
- providing a high frequency welding device;
- locating a seat cover in the high frequency welding device;
- energizing the high frequency welding device to either join two or more pieces of the seat cover together or to impart a shape to the seat cover;
- wherein at least one mold part of the high frequency welding device closes at least partially about the seat cover so that heat from the mold part and the shape of the mold part transfers to the seat cover;
- wherein the at least one mold part imparts at least one concave shape to the seat cover,
- wherein the concave shape is formed in a bolster along a central area of a lower seat surface.
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A seat cover formed by a process, comprising:
- providing a high frequency welding device;
- locating a seat cover in the high frequency welding device;
- energizing the high frequency welding device to either join two or more pieces of the seat cover together or to impart a shape to the seat cover;
- wherein at least one mold part of the high frequency welding device closes at least partially about the seat cover so that heat from the mold part and the shape of the mold part transfers to the seat cover;
- wherein the at least one mold part imparts at least one concave shape to the seat cover,
- wherein the concave shape is formed in a central area of a lower seat surface;
- wherein upwardly extending bolsters are located along the central area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.