Structural composite seat cushion frame and storage lid with lockable latch system

• US 10,086,766 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2016
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Osterhoff, Daniel Jay, Setlur, Raghavan, Williams, Derek, Beneventi, Arthur, Zalzala, Murtatha
• Primary Examiner(s): Gabler, Philip F
• Application Number:
  US15/251,693
• Publication Number:
  US 20180056882A1
• Time in Patent Office: 763 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/4263 with anti-submarining systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/68 Seat frames
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/682 Joining means
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/686 Panel like structures
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/102 storable or foldable in a non-use position
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/00 Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps for radio sets, television sets, telephones or the like, mounting of cameras operative during drive, tools, or spare parts B60R11/00; for receptacles for refuse, food, beverages, cigarettes B60N
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/043 mounted on or under a seat

Abstract

A seating assembly includes a seatback frame having first and second pivot apertures defined on an inside surface of first and second side members, respectively, of the seatback frame. A seat includes a cushion assembly supported on a polymeric seat storage lid having a rear vertical wall and a forward lateral body. The forward lateral body is defined by a plurality of upwardly-opening support cells. First and second metal pivot pins extend from first and second sides of the rear vertical wall of the seat storage lid and engage such that a seat is operable between open and closed positions. A forward rounded hump is detachably coupled with a top surface of the seat storage lid. The forward rounded hump is configured to lessen the potential of an occupant to slide forward in the seat. A lock is operably coupled with the seat storage lid.

Claims

1. A seating assembly comprising:

a seatback frame having first and second pivot apertures defined on an inside surface of first and second side members, respectively, of the seatback frame;

a seat including a cushion assembly supported on a polymeric seat storage lid including a rear vertical wall and a forward lateral body, the forward lateral body defined by a plurality of upwardly-opening support cells;

first and second metal pivot pins extending from first and second sides of the rear vertical wall of the seat storage lid above the upwardly-opening support walls and engaging the seatback frame such that a seat is operable between open and closed positions;

a forwardly mounted rounded hump detachably coupled with a top surface of the seat storage lid, the forward rounded hump configured to lessen the potential of an occupant to slide forward in the seat; and

a lock operably coupled with the seat storage lid.

2. The seating assembly of claim 1, wherein the forward rounded hump is coupled with the top surface of the seat storage lid via a snap-fit engagement.

3. The seating assembly of claim 1, wherein the forward rounded hump includes a generally smooth top surface.

4. The seating assembly of claim 1, wherein the polymeric seat storage lid includes a peripheral rim configured to engage the cushion assembly.

5. The seating assembly of claim 1, wherein the first and second metal pivot pins extend from a top edge of the first and second sides of the rear vertical wall.

6. The seating assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of upwardly-opening support cells include a plurality of large upwardly-opening support cells and a plurality of small upwardly-opening support cells.

7. The seating assembly of claim 1, wherein the first and second metal pivot pins are threaded into a metallic tubular receiver extending across the seat storage lid.

8. The seating assembly of claim 7, wherein the first and second metal pivot pins are supported in a bushing extending through a steel bracket of the seat.

9. A seating assembly comprising:

a seatback frame having first and second side members;

a seat including a lockable polymeric seat storage lid operable between open and closed positions and defined by a plurality of upwardly-opening support cells;

metallic pivot pins extending from the seat storage lid and engaging the first and second side members;

a hump detachably coupled with a forward portion of a top surface of the seat storage lid.

10. The seating assembly of claim 9, wherein the forward rounded hump is coupled with the top surface of the seat storage lid via a snap-fit engagement.

11. The seating assembly of claim 9, wherein the forward rounded hump includes a generally smooth top surface.

12. The seating assembly of claim 9, wherein the lockable polymeric seat storage lid includes a peripheral rim configured to engage a cushion assembly.

13. The seating assembly of claim 9, wherein the metallic pivot pins extend from a top edge of first and second sides of the lockable polymeric seat storage lid.

14. The seating assembly of claim 9, wherein the lockable polymeric seat storage lid includes a forward lateral body and a rear vertical wall, and wherein both the rear vertical wall and the forward lateral body include the plurality of upwardly-opening support cells.

15. A seating assembly comprising:

a seatback frame;

a latchable and lockable polymeric seat storage lid including a rear vertical wall and a forward lateral body, each of which includes a plurality of upwardly-opening support cells; and

a rounded hump operably coupled with a forward portion of a top surface of the seat storage lid, the forward rounded hump configured to lessen the potential of an occupant to slide forward in a seat.

16. The seating assembly of claim 15, wherein the forward rounded hump is coupled with a top surface of the latchable and lockable seat storage lid via a snap-fit engagement.

17. The seating assembly of claim 15, wherein the forward rounded hump includes a generally smooth top surface.

18. The seating assembly of claim 15, wherein the latchable and lockable polymeric seat storage lid includes a peripheral rim configured to engage a cushion assembly.

19. The seating assembly of claim 15, further comprising:

first and second metal pivot pins extending from a top edge of first and second sides of the rear vertical wall.

20. The seating assembly of claim 15, wherein the plurality of upwardly-opening support cells include a plurality of large upwardly-opening support cells and a plurality of small upwardly-opening support cells.