SEAT ASSEMBLY, CUSHION, AND TOOL AND METHOD OF FORMING

    公开(公告)号:US20250153998A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-15

    申请号:US19019873

    申请日:2025-01-14

    Abstract: A method is provided with a stranded mesh material blank inserted into a cavity of a tool assembly shaped to form a cushion member. Fluid is circulated above a first temperature threshold through a series of apertures defined in a forming surface of the tool assembly and into the cavity thereby softening the blank and conforming a shape of the blank to the forming surface. Fluid is circulated below a second temperature threshold through the series of apertures in the forming surface and into the cavity thereby setting the shape of the blank to the forming surface and forming a cushion member. A cushion for a seat assembly is provided by a stranded mesh material member. A system is provided with a first tool, a second tool, and one or more inlet manifolds.

    SEAT ASSEMBLY, CUSHION, AND TOOL AND METHOD OF FORMING

    公开(公告)号:US20240300804A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18178818

    申请日:2023-03-06

    CPC classification number: B68G15/00 B68G7/02

    Abstract: A method is provided with a stranded mesh material blank inserted into a cavity of a tool assembly shaped to form a cushion member. Fluid is circulated above a first temperature threshold through a series of apertures defined in a forming surface of the tool assembly and into the cavity thereby softening the blank and conforming a shape of the blank to the forming surface. Fluid is circulated below a second temperature threshold through the series of apertures in the forming surface and into the cavity thereby setting the shape of the blank to the forming surface and forming a cushion member. A cushion for a seat assembly is provided by a stranded mesh material member. A system is provided with a first tool, a second tool, and one or more inlet manifolds.

    CLIP FOR CUSHION
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250160534A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-22

    申请号:US18866444

    申请日:2023-06-22

    Abstract: A clip for a cushion includes an attachment body defining an attachment surface, and a lead member for engaging a cushion including a stranded-mesh material. The lead member may have a curved profile for retaining the clip in the cushion, or include protrusions for engaging the polymer strands of the stranded-mesh material. The attachment surface includes an attachment feature thereon such that components and/or features (such as trim covers or comfort components) may be secured to the cushion via the clip. Thus, a seat assembly includes a cushion having a body of the stranded-mesh material, a feature or component to be connected with the cushion, and a clip engageable with the cushion having the attachment body and lead member, with the component or feature being attachable to the attachment body at the attachment surface.

    THREE-DIMENSIONAL MESH STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20240308165A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18587726

    申请日:2024-02-26

    CPC classification number: B29D99/0092 B29K2023/0625 B29K2023/065

    Abstract: A seat cushion formed from a body comprising a plurality of extruded polymer filaments randomly connected to form a first three-dimensional mesh structure formed by the extruded polymer filaments. The body is formed by heating an area of the body with an ultrasonic tool that modifies a portion of the extruded polymer filaments to form a second three-dimensional structure comprising a second shape that is different than the first shape. A skin of extruded polymer film is welded to the body of extruded polymer filaments. A second body of a plurality of extruded polymer filaments randomly connected to form a second three-dimensional mesh structure formed by the extruded polymer filaments is welded to the first body. A method is disclosed for modifying the bodies with an ultrasonic tool to shape or weld the bodies.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240375567A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-14

    申请号:US18316353

    申请日:2023-05-12

    Abstract: An assembly is provided with a funnel having one or more side walls extending from an entrance to an outlet, and a liner having one or more elastic panels, with the liner extending over an inner surface of the one or more side walls. A system is provided with the assembly, a die, a fluid bath, and at least one hose to direct fluid from the fluid bath onto the liner of the assembly. A method includes covering an inner surface of a funnel with a liner comprising one or more elastic panels, wetting the liner, and forming a stranded mesh material member by extruding material from a die and through the funnel. A stranded mesh material member is provided and formed using the method.

    AUTOMATED TRENCH MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY FOR ATTACHING TRIM COVERS TO A CUSHION ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20240286888A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18176164

    申请日:2023-02-28

    CPC classification number: B68G7/12 A47C7/24

    Abstract: Cushions, methods, and manufacturing systems for making the same are disclosed. The cushions may be foamless such as being made from a body of entangled and/or intertwined polymeric strands. The manufacturing systems may include a die such as die bars having a plurality of orifices that cooperate with a plurality of receptacles and actuators for discharging a plurality of fasteners from the receptacles, through the die into the cushions. In a refinement, the die may be heated such that a skinned over membrane is created in the cushion to retain the plurality of fasteners. A trim cover may cooperate with the plurality of fasteners such that it is attached to the cushion.

    SEAT ASSEMBLY
    8.
    发明公开
    SEAT ASSEMBLY 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240010108A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US18473652

    申请日:2023-09-25

    CPC classification number: B60N2/5825

    Abstract: A seat assembly has a seating cushion defining a first surface to support an occupant and a second surface opposite to the first surface, with the first surface further defining a trench. A fastener has a longitudinal body with a central region positioned between a first end region and a second end region, and a base extending outwardly from the second end region and transversely to the body. The first end region tapers in a direction away from the second end region, and the central region of the body defines a recess intersecting a side wall of the body and angled inwardly and towards the first end region to form a hook. The fastener extends through the seating cushion with the base abutting the second surface, and the first end region of the body extending into the trench.

    TOOL TO MANUFACTURE A CUSHION
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230364876A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US17741639

    申请日:2022-05-11

    CPC classification number: B29D99/0092

    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a product, dispenses, through a tool with an aperture sized to match an overall perimeter of a product, a molten thermoplastic resin. The tool generates a plurality of strands through the tool aperture while maintaining the plurality of strands within the overall perimeter of the product. The strands are buckled by resisting a flow of the plurality of strands. The buckled strands intersect as a unitary non-woven body in a shape of the overall perimeter of the product.

    SEAT ASSEMBLY
    10.
    发明公开
    SEAT ASSEMBLY 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230322135A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-12

    申请号:US17714511

    申请日:2022-04-06

    CPC classification number: B60N2/5825

    Abstract: A seat assembly has a seating cushion defining a first surface to support an occupant and a second surface opposite to the first surface, with the first surface further defining a trench. A fastener has a longitudinal body with a central region positioned between a first end region and a second end region, and a base extending outwardly from the second end region and transversely to the body. The first end region tapers in a direction away from the second end region, and the central region of the body defines a recess intersecting a side wall of the body and angled inwardly and towards the first end region to form a hook. The fastener extends through the seating cushion with the base abutting the second surface, and the first end region of the body extending into the trench.

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