Seat back frame assemblies and seat assemblies including pultrusion reinforcements

US12168405B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. · US
• BASF SE
• FLEX-N-GATE ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, LLC · CA

Inventors

• Jacob A. Herget · Ypsilanti, US
• John J. Salvia, III · Ann Arbor, US
• Todd Rupert Muck · Fowlerville, US
• Vikas Bhatia · Gaithersburg, US
• Gregory T. Donovan · Britton, US
• Matthew Parkinson · Linz, AT
• Steven Perucca · Clinton Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 2022
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/02258
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat back assembly including a pultrusion reinforcement and a seat back frame formed of a resin material, the seat back frame is only partially overmolded onto the pultrusion reinforcement such that the pultrusion reinforcement is configured to be visually inspected through a plurality of openings formed in the seat back frame.