Vehicle seating assembly with aesthetic trim cover assembly

US11247593B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lear Corporation · US

Inventors

• Lisa Townley · Allen Park, US
• Thomas KORYCINSKI · West Bloomfield Township, US
• Paul S. Severinski · Milleville Beach, US
• Louella Ann Patterson · Auburn Hills, US
• Thomas Welch, Jr. · Ortonville, US
• Sara RUSSO · Chesterfield Township, US
• Dorothy KROMM · Lake Orion, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 31, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/72
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

According to one or more embodiments, a vehicle seat assembly includes a cushion and a leather trim cover assembly disposed over the cushion. The leather trim cover assembly includes a leather upper layer and a foundation layer secured to the leather upper layer at radio-frequency weld points. The radio-frequency weld points define at least one design boundary adjacent a raised portion of a protruding design in the leather trim cover assembly.