Vehicle seat

• US 20090146470A1
• Filed: 09/24/2008
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TK Holdings Incorporated (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TK Holdings Incorporated (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Thompson, Gregory Thomas, Stanley, James Gregory
• Application Number:
  US12/232,824
• Publication Number:
  US 20090146470A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/180.120
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5685 Resistance
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5816 attachments thereof

Abstract

A vehicle seat including a seat back and a seat bottom. The seat bottom includes a seat cushion covered by a trim covering material. The trim covering material is connected to a support structure embedded in the seat cushion. An electrically powered auxiliary device is located between the seat cushion and the trim covering material and is removably attached to the support structure.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat back; and

a seat bottom including a seat cushion covered by a trim covering material;

wherein an electrically powered auxiliary device is located between the seat cushion and the trim covering material and is removably attached to the seat bottom.

2. The seat of claim 1, wherein auxiliary device comprises a sensor for sensing the presence of an occupant of the seat.

3. The seat of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device comprises a device for heating the vehicle seat.

4. The seat of claim 3, wherein the auxiliary device further comprises an occupant presence sensor.

5. The seat of claim 1, further comprising a second auxiliary electrically powered device located between the seat cushion and the trim covering material.

6. The seat of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device is clipped to listing rods located in the seat cushion.

7. The seat of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device is connected to the seat cushion by a hook and loop type attachment mechanism.

8. The seat of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device includes tabs that are connected to a wire that is located in the seat cushion with hog rings.

9. The seat of claim 1, wherein the seat cushion comprises a foam material.

10. The seat of claim 9, wherein the foam material includes at least one slit and the auxiliary device includes a portion that is retained in the slit.

11. The seat of claim 1, wherein the trim covering material and the auxiliary device are connected to the same part of the seat cushion.

12. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat back;

a seat bottom including a seat cushion covered by a trim covering material;

wherein the trim covering material is connected to a support structure embedded in the seat cushion; and

an electrically powered auxiliary device located between the seat cushion and the trim covering material and removably attached to the support structure.

13. The seat of claim 12, wherein the support structure includes a wire and the trim covering material and the auxiliary device are clipped to the wire.

14. The seat of claim 12, wherein the support structure includes a wire and wherein the trim covering material the auxiliary device includes tabs connected to the wire with hog rings.

15. The seat of claim 12, wherein the auxiliary device comprises a sensor pad for an occupant sensing system.

16. A seat for an occupant of a vehicle comprising:

a seat back;

a seat bottom including a foam seat cushion covered by a trim covering material, wherein the trim covering material is connected to a wire embedded in the foam seat cushion; and

an occupant sensing device located between the seat cushion and the trim covering material and removably attached to the wire.

17. The seat of claim 16, wherein the foam seat cushion include at least one slit and wherein a portion of the auxiliary device is retained within the slit.