Seat with integrated trim assembly and storage bin

• US 8,985,685 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2013
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Damerow, Robert, Sidhu, Mandeep Singh, Guinn, Brandon, Marchetti, Bernard Gerard, Ferretti, Daniel, Hoover, Chad, Line, Jonathan Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US13/932,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20150001898A1
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 297/188.09, 297/188.1, 297/440.2, 297/452.14, 297/452.15, 297/452.55, 297/188.04, 297/188.07
• US Class Current: 297/188.04
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/4263 with anti-submarining systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/686 Panel like structures
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/859 specially adapted for rear seats
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/043 mounted on or under a seat

Abstract

A vehicle seating assembly having a seat back including a polymeric body portion defining a forward support frame having a plurality of forwardly extending connection pins on a front surface thereof. A flexible comfort carrier is disposed on the polymeric body portion and includes a plurality of slots configured to receive the plurality of forwardly extending connection pins. A seat includes a seat pan that is rotatable over a seat bin between open and closed positions. The seat pan includes a forward upwardly-rounded hump configured to lessen the potential of a passenger to slide forward in the seat. The seat pan includes a storage compartment on an underside thereof that includes a latchable lid.

Claims

1. A vehicle seating assembly comprising:

a seat back including a polymeric body portion defining a forward support frame having a plurality of forwardly extending connection pins on a front surface thereof;

a flexible comfort carrier disposed on the polymeric body portion and including a plurality of slots configured to receive the plurality of forwardly extending connection pins; and

a seat including a seat pan that is rotatable over a seat bin between open and closed positions, the seat pan including a forward upwardly-rounded hump configured to lessen the potential of a passenger to slide forward in the seat, the seat pan also including a storage compartment on an underside thereof that includes a latchable lid, wherein the seat pan includes an intermediate flex portion that is configured to flex under the weight of a passenger and that has a multitude of upwardly extending nubs.

2. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 1, wherein the seat pan includes a small storage compartment formed on an underside of the seat pan.

3. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 1, wherein the seat pan includes a metallic support member that extends across substantially all of an underside of the seat pan.

4. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 1, wherein the seat pan includes a latch at a forward portion thereof, and a forward rounded hump on a top portion thereof that is configured to act as an anti-submarining feature.

5. A vehicle seating assembly comprising:

a seat back including a polymeric body portion defining a forward support frame having a plurality of connection pins on a front surface thereof;

a flexible comfort carrier disposed on the polymeric body portion and including a plurality of slots configured to receive the plurality of forwardly extending connection pins; and

a seat including a seat pan that is rotatable over a seat bin between open and closed positions, the seat pan including a forward rounded hump configured to lessen the potential of a passenger to slide forward in the seat, wherein the seat pan includes an intermediate flex portion and also includes a peripheral flange and lateral supports on an underside thereof.

6. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 5, wherein the intermediate flex portion includes a multitude of upwardly extending nubs.

7. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 5, wherein the seat pan includes a small storage compartment formed on an underside of the seat pan.

8. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 5, wherein the seat pan includes a metallic support member that extends across substantially all of an underside of the seat pan.

9. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 8, wherein the metallic support member has a shape that generally conforms to a shape of the underside of the seat pan.

10. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 5, further comprising:

a hard back panel on a back side of the seat back that includes at least one cupholder and a storage compartment.

11. A vehicle seating assembly comprising:

a seat back including a polymeric body portion;

a flexible comfort carrier operably coupled to the polymeric body portion; and

a seat including a seat pan rotatably coupled with a seat bin and including;

a forward rounded hump that lessens the potential of a passenger to slide forward in the seat;

a storage compartment disposed on an underside thereof;

an intermediate flex portion; and

a multitude of upwardly extending nubs.

12. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 11, wherein the seat pan includes a metallic support member that extends across substantially all of an underside of the seat pan.

13. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 11, wherein the intermediate flex portion includes a peripheral flange and lateral supports on an underside thereof.

14. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 11, further comprising:

a hard back panel on a back side of the seat back that includes at least one cupholder and a storage compartment.