A vehicle subassembly includes at least one planar component. The at least one component has a material-specific deformability. To at least locally increase the deformability, through-holes are provided on at least one section of the at least one component. A method of producing of the component is also disclosed.

A heating embossing roll has a base surface on which a plurality of embossing portion is formed. An elongated material passes between the heating embossing roll and a heating flat roll so that the elongated material is pressed by the embossing portions of the heating embossing roll. The embossing portion is formed to have a height from the base surface that varies by section.

The present invention relates to a fabric (30, 31) with at least one support (41, 41′), with at least two electrical function elements (70), and with at least one seam (40). It is provided that at least two of the electrical function elements (70) are in the form of strands and integrated in the seam (40).

A textile composite material for lamination includes: a total material thickness which is smaller than 7 mm, with at least one nonwoven fabric component and with at least one foam material component which is connected to the nonwoven fabric component, the nonwoven fabric component comprises at least one binder fiber having a melting temperature that is greater than 150° C., the nonwoven fabric component comprises at least one functional fiber having a linear mass density value smaller than or equal to 50 dtex, and the functional fiber is embodied as a hollow fiber.

A method for producing a covering material for a covering for a vehicle seat may include the steps of providing at least one flat starting material, making positioning openings in the starting material, and laying at least one ply of the at least one starting material into a tool frame having a plurality of positioning pins. The positioning pins of the tool frame may be guided through the positioning openings in the starting material. The steps may also include applying a material processing method to the at least one laid-in ply and removing the at least one processed ply from the tool frame. A covering material for a covering for a vehicle seat and to a vehicle seat are also disclosed.

A skin material containing, in the following order: a base fabric that is configured to contain fibers having a synthetic resin coating layer, wherein fibers adjacent to each other in the base fabric are at least partially fused with each other; and an adhesive layer and a skin layer, which are provided at a surface of at least one side of the base fabric in this order from the base fabric, the skin material having a plurality of ventilation holes passing through the skin material in a thickness direction.

A vehicle input device including: a cover configured to include a touch sensor portion that is flexible and that detects operation by an occupant, the cover covering a main body portion of an arm rest that supports an arm of the occupant; and a control unit that outputs an operation signal to an on-board instrument on the basis of a signal detected by the touch sensor portion.

A trim cover includes a plurality of surface materials joined each other, the plurality of surface materials including two pieces of surface materials, each of which is formed with a plurality of elements that form an iterative pattern repeated along a joining direction of the two pieces of the surface materials, wherein the plurality of elements line up by a same pattern in an extending direction of sewing regions of the two pieces of surface materials, and extend parallel to the joining direction, at least at the sewing regions.

A manufacturing method of a trim cover surface material, includes: providing a jig including a first frame configured to hold an outer periphery of an outer material and a second frame configured to hold an outer periphery of a wadding material by overlapping the wadding material on the outer material which is held by the first frame; holding the outer periphery of the outer material with the first frame of the jig; forming through holes at the outer material which is held by the jig; holding the outer periphery of the wadding material with the second frame of the jig while the outer material is held by the first frame of the jig; and forming stitches at the outer material and the wadding material which are overlapped and held by the jig.

A method of applying stitching to an interior component is provided herein. The interior component having only a single layer of a substrate layer. The method including the steps of: a) penetrating substrate layer with an awl to form a piercing therethrough; b) retracting the awl from the substrate layer; c) inserting a needle of a sewing head through the piercing through the substrate layer to grasp a thread positioned on a show surface of the outer skin layer; d) pulling the thread through the substrate layer; e) looping the thread with a previous stitch passed through the substrate layer; f) advancing the sewing head to another position with respect to the interior component, wherein a backside of the substrate layer is free of obstructions; and g) repeating steps a-f until a predetermined amount of stitches are applied to the interior component.