Seat Comprising Wiring Fixed to a Support, Method for Assembling a Seat, and Use of a Flat Conductor for the Wiring of a Seat

• US 20080296942A1
• Filed: 09/23/2004
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbH (Adient plc)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbH (Adient plc)
• Inventors: Schweiker, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US10/572,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20080296942A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/217.3
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5685 Resistance
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49002 Electrical device making

Abstract

The invention relates to a seat, especially for a vehicle, said seat being provided with flat wiring that is easy to mount in and/or on a support.

Claims

1. A seat, in particular for a vehicle, the seat having a supporting structure (4), a support (1) and wiring (3), apart from seat heating systems, characterized in that the wiring (3) is fixed to the support (1).

2. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that the support (1) is at least partially multi-layered, with the wiring (3) preferably being fixed to one of the layers.

3. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that the layers are formed from different material.

4. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that it has a plurality of supports (1), and in that the wiring (3) is fixed to at least one of the supports (1).

5. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that the wiring (3) is fixed to a felt mat (6).

6. The seat of claim 5, characterized in that the felt mat (6) forms one of the plurality of supports (1).

7. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that the wiring (3) comprises flat conductors.

8. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that the wiring (3) is fitted in the support (1).

9. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that the support (1) has a visible side and a rear side, and in that the wiring (3) is provided on the rear side of the support (1).

10. The seat of claim 5, characterized in that the felt mat (6) forms the rear side of the support (1).

11. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that the fixing of the wiring (3) takes place by adhesive bonding and/or by means of touch-and-close strips and/or by means of further fixing means.

12. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that a plurality of layers of the wiring (3) are arranged one above another.

13. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that circuit components are parts of the wiring (3).

14. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that the wiring (3) is connected to one of the connecting components (2) or a supporting structure component (5) by manufacturing in advance, soldering, plugging in and/or clamping.

15. The seat of claim 14, characterized in that the wiring (3) is connected to the supporting structure component (5), which is placed on or in the immediate vicinity of the supporting structure (4), by means of interlacing connections and/or short branch connections.

16. The seat of claim 1, characterized in that the wiring (3) is essentially as flexible as the support (1) or is more flexible than the support (1).

17. A method for assembling a seat, in particular for a vehicle, the seat having a supporting structure (4), a support (1) and wiring (3), apart from seat heating systems, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of:

a) fixing the wiring (3) to a layer of the support (1);

b) fitting layers of the support (1) onto the seat;

c) joining together the layers of the support (1); and

wherein step c) takes place either before or after step b).

18. A vehicle seat having a flat conductor wiring therein, the flat conductor wiring being apart from any seat heating system, the vehicle seat comprising a seat having a support, the flat conductor wiring being fixed to the support.

19. The vehicle seat of claim 18 wherein the flat conductor wiring is fixed in the support.