Attachment of head rest guide tube to vehicle seat frame

US6836951B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lear Corporation · US

Inventors

• Eugene S. Dudash · Wixom, US
• Mark Stanisz · Waterford, US
• L. Keith Hensley · Farmington Hills, US
• Sanford E. Cook · Belleville, US
• Kevin Fudala · Dearborn Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2005
• Expiry date: Feb 11, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53996
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of attaching a head rest guide tube to a seat back frame having an aperture extending therethrough includes inserting the guide tube into the aperture, and swaging the guide tube to form a swaged portion engaged with the seat back frame to thereby secure the guide tube to the seat back frame.