Seat back frame for vehicle and method for manufacturing same
AssigneesTeijin Limited, Johnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsAtsushi Sano, Yutaka Yagi
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Abstract
A seat hack frame (100) for a vehicle made of a fiber-reinforced composite material containing a thermoplastic resin matrix and a reinforcing fiber, the seat back frame (100) including a seat back frame body (1), a metal plate (3) welded to the seat back frame body (1) at a reclining device (2) attaching position, and a metal reclining device (2) weld joined to the metal plate (3).
Claims10
A seat back frame for a vehicle made of a fiber-reinforced composite material containing a thermoplastic resin matrix and a reinforcing fiber, the seat back frame comprising:
- a seat back frame body;
- a metal plate welded to the seat back frame body at a reclining device attaching position;
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- a metal reclining device weld joined to the metal plate.
A method of manufacturing a seat back frame for a vehicle made of a fiber-reinforced composite material containing a thermoplastic resin matrix and a reinforcing fiber, the seat back frame including a seat back frame body, a metal plate welded to the seat back frame body at a reclining device attaching position, and a metal reclining device weld joined to the metal plate, the method comprising:
- heating and softening the fiber-reinforced composite material containing the thermoplastic resin matrix and the reinforcing fiber;
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- shaping the softened fiber-reinforced composite material by cold press molding into a shape of the seat back frame body and, during the shaping, welding the metal plate to the seat back frame body by insert molding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.