Automobile vehicle seat back frame, and process for manufacturing such a frame
AssigneeFAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
InventorsFrançois Fourrey, Gilles Petitjean, Jean-Louis Lenarvor
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Abstract
The frame of the automobile vehicle seat back comprises a body extending over a general plane and functional components joined to the body, serving notably to attach or reinforce it. It is made in one piece from an overmoulded plastic material that forms the body, reinforced by a reinforcing strip comprising a woven band of mineral and plastic material fibers, the reinforcing strip extending in the general plane of the frame and interconnecting at least two of the functional components comprising inserts at least partially embedded in the body.
Claims11
An automobile vehicle seat back frame comprising:
- a body extending generally over a plane and produced as a one-piece part in molded plastic material, and
- at least two functional components joined to the body for the body's attachment or reinforcement, the functional components comprising inserts at least partially overmolded by the plastic material of the body,
- wherein the body is strengthened by a reinforcing strip embedded in and substantially fixed by the plastic material of the body, the reinforcing strip extending generally in the plane of the body and positioned proximate the perimeter of the frame such that the reinforcing strip interconnects at least two of the functional components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.