B60N2/70

Automotive center console armrest storage box lid protector
09738195 · 2017-08-22 ·

This invention is an Automotive Center Console Armrest Storage Box Lid Protector that is an alternative for replacing the factory installed center console/storage box armrest lid when damaged or to be used to for driving comfort as creates a barrier between the factory installed lid and the under forearm of the driver or passengers forearm. It is designed to be installed over the factory installed lid and is held in place with an elastic band or drawstring sewed on the underside of the fitted fabric piece to keep the fabric protector from slipping. It can be made with or without an added sleeve pocket sewed to the top side as in the sketches. Drivers and passengers that rest their forearm on the center console while driving can have added comfort with this protective cover and also can be used as an alternative to replacing the factory installed hard cover after being damaged from use stains and UV rays. It is installed by opening the lid inserting the protective cover by hand over the factory installed lid.

DEFORMABLE ARMREST HAVING A PATTERNED ARRAY OF CHANNELS
20170232872 · 2017-08-17 ·

An automotive armrest includes an elastic core defining a patterned array of channels extending therethrough such that the elastic core exhibits a predetermined target vertical stiffness and a predetermined target lateral stiffness different than the predetermined target vertical stiffness. The automotive armrest also includes a skin arranged with the elastic core.

Baby Safety Alarm
20170232887 · 2017-08-17 ·

A safety alarm system is disclosed for protecting children and other occupant left unattended in a vehicle from potentially dangerous high temperature in the vehicle. The safety alarm system includes an alarm, a control unit, an on/off switch, and a sensor pad. The sensor pad including a pressure sensor and a heat sensor may be permanently installed in the seat or as an easily attachable portable pad which can connect with other components of the safety alarm system. The control unit includes a memory and a microprocessor. The safety alarm system can be activated by fastening safety belt of the seat including the sensor pad. The control unit is programmed to generate sound alert on different conditions stored in the memory and pressure data received from the pressure sensor, the ambient temperature data received from the heat sensor, status of vehicle's engine, gear system, driver's vehicle door and safety belt.

SEAT ASSEMBLY HAVING STRUCTURAL FOAM WITH INTERGRATED FRAME SUPPORT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
20170232877 · 2017-08-17 ·

A vehicle seat assembly comprises a seat bottom comprising a frame assembly securable to a vehicle. The frame assembly comprises a frame disposed within a structural foam pad, with the frame assembly having a first attachment member. The vehicle seat assembly comprises a cushion assembly comprising a flexible foam pad supported on a wire frame assembly, with the cushion assembly having second attachment member cooperable with the first attachment member to secure the cushion assembly to the frame assembly. The vehicle seat assembly comprises a seatback secured to the seat bottom.

SEAT ASSEMBLY HAVING STRUCTURAL FOAM WITH INTERGRATED FRAME SUPPORT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
20170232877 · 2017-08-17 ·

A vehicle seat assembly comprises a seat bottom comprising a frame assembly securable to a vehicle. The frame assembly comprises a frame disposed within a structural foam pad, with the frame assembly having a first attachment member. The vehicle seat assembly comprises a cushion assembly comprising a flexible foam pad supported on a wire frame assembly, with the cushion assembly having second attachment member cooperable with the first attachment member to secure the cushion assembly to the frame assembly. The vehicle seat assembly comprises a seatback secured to the seat bottom.

Routing structure of electric wires

A routing structure for routing an electric wire to a vehicle seat includes: a first cushion portion attached to the vehicle seat; and the electric wire fixed to the first cushion portion.

DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING SOFTNESS OF SEAT, DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING COMFORT OF SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT

Provide are a device for adjusting softness of a vehicle seat, a device for adjusting comfort of a seat, and a vehicle seat. The device for adjusting softness of a vehicle seat has at least one soft inflatable bag that can be integrated in the seat. The soft inflatable bag is connected with at least one air path. The soft inflatable bag is filled with a flexible filler. Gas is charged into or discharged from the soft inflatable bag through the air path to adjust the softness of the surface of the seat. The soft inflatable bag is provided therein with a height limiting structure configured to limit the partial expansion height of the soft inflatable bag when inflated.

Composite Foam Article

A composite foam article comprises a foam core layer presenting a first surface and a second surface facing opposite the first surface. A first polymeric bonding layer is disposed on the first surface, one or more first reinforcing layers comprising a plurality of fibers and a polymeric binder are disposed on the first polymeric bonding layer, and a first polymeric containment layer is disposed on the one or more first reinforcing layers. A second polymeric bonding layer is disposed on the second surface, one or more second reinforcing layers comprising a plurality of fibers and a polymeric binder are disposed on the second polymeric bonding layer, and a second polymeric containment layer is disposed on the one or more second reinforcing layers. At least one catch layer comprising particles of carbon is dispersed in and/or disposed between any of the aforementioned layers.

Panel assembly with molded foam backing

A seat trim cover having a 3-dimensional shape for an automotive vehicle seat is formed by pre-cutting a laminate blank into a predefined shape having a predefined selvage extending around an outer periphery of the laminate blank, vacuum forming the laminate blank in a 3-dimensional mold to form a 3-dimensional laminate blank, and forming a molded foam backing on the 3-dimensional shaped laminate blank to form the seat trim cover. The molded foam backing has an outer perimeter that is spaced apart from the predefined selvage such that the predefined selvage is free of foam.

AIR-PERMEABLE SEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF SEAT
20170225598 · 2017-08-10 ·

An air-permeable seat having a seat cushion and a seatback, each formed by mounting an urethane pad on a frame and then covering the urethane pad with an air-permeable trim cover, the air-permeable seat includes a fiber pad provided in at least one of the seat cushion and the seatback and penetrating a part of the urethane pad; a chamber defined at the back of the fiber pad, covering the fiber pad and shaped to rectify an airflow coming from the fiber pad; and air intake parts flow the air in the fiber pad and introduce the air from the fiber pad into the chamber; wherein as the air intake parts is driven, air is drawn from the surface of the fiber pad through the trim cover, flows from the fiber pad to the chamber, may be rectified in the chamber and flow out through the chamber.