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Automotive seat and method of forming same

US4840430A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 4, 1988
Grant dateJun 20, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/1028
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automotive seat comprising a main pad having an unevenly shaped upper surface, a sub pad bonded to such upper surface of the main pad and a covering member bonded to the sub pad, and a method of forming the automotive seat. According to the method disclosed, a sub pad of a flat-plate-like slab material and a covering member are firstly pressed and bonded together in a shape conforming to the unevenly shaped upper surface of a main pad, and then those two bonded elements are bonded to the upper surface of the main pad. In this way the seat is obtained in which the sub pad is bonded positively along the unevenly shaped upper surface of the main pad.

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