Seating system
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1. An automotive vehicle seat back assembly, comprising:
- a. a first portion;
b. a second portion formed separately from the first portion but which is joined with the first portion via at least one joint;
wherein at least one of the first portion or the second portion is fabricated from a molded plastic and further is defined to include a plurality of individual integrated reinforcement structures for defining an integrated reinforcement structure pattern;
c. an attachment assembly adapted to anchor said seat back directly to at least one body in white portion of said automotive vehicle;
wherein the seat back 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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Abstract
An improved seating system that includes a seat back assembly (10) that is fabricated to include a seat back (12) with a first panel portion (14) that is optionally secured to a second panel portion (16) with one or more fasteners such as welds, adhesives, tack-offs, steel brackets or otherwise. The first panel portion (14), the second panel portion (16) or both preferably are plastic. The seat back assembly (10) may include one or more integrated reinforcement structures (20).
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1. An automotive vehicle seat back assembly, comprising:
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a. a first portion;
b. a second portion formed separately from the first portion but which is joined with the first portion via at least one joint;
wherein at least one of the first portion or the second portion is fabricated from a molded plastic and further is defined to include a plurality of individual integrated reinforcement structures for defining an integrated reinforcement structure pattern;
c. an attachment assembly adapted to anchor said seat back directly to at least one body in white portion of said automotive vehicle;
wherein the seat back 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.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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13. An automotive vehicle seat back assembly, comprising:
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a. a first portion;
b. a second portion formed separately from the first portion but which is joined with the first portion via at least one adhesive joint;
wherein the first portion and the second portion are each fabricated from a molded high strength thermoplastic resin selected from styrenics, polyamides, polyolefins, polycarbonates, polyesters or mixtures thereof;
further wherein the first portion and the second portion are defined to include a plurality of individual integrated reinforcement structures for defining an integrated reinforcement structure pattern; and
further wherein the first portion and the second portion includes one or more open internal spacing between the portions; and
c. 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.- View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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