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Seating system and method for making the same

  • US 6,688,700 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2002
  • Issued: 02/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A seating assembly for an automotive vehicle, comprising:

  • a seat back formed from a molded plastic having a forward wall portion and a rearward wall portion, and a plurality of individual integrated reinforcement structures for defining an integrated reinforcement structure pattern; and

    an attachment assembly adapted to anchor said seat back directly to at least one body in white portion of said automotive vehicle;

    wherein said seating assembly is capable of (1) withstanding without rupture at least about 13000 Newtons in the direction in which the seat faces in a plane, parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle; and

    (2) upon rapid acceleration up to about 20 to about 30 g, exhibiting substantially no fragmentation of the seat back with at least a 36 kg mass placed behind the seat back.

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