Wire harness for a vehicle seating assembly

• US 9,039,081 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2012
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Arefi, Majid, Medoro, Michael, Ayyash, Khaled, Stanhope, Curtis D., Line, Johnathan Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Allred, David E
• Application Number:
  US13/542,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20130119726A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,055 Days
• Field of Search: 297/188.08, 297/188.12
• US Class Current: 297/188.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/42 the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats for protecting children B60N2/26; arm-rests B60N2/75; head-rests B60N2/888
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/4228 due to impact coming from the rear
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5621 by air
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/68 Seat frames
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/682 Joining means
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/686 Panel like structures
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7094 Upholstery springs
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/72 Attachment or adjustment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/90 Details or parts not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/00 Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0264 for control means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0012 Seats or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0288 Apparatus made of several modules independently mounted

Abstract

A wire harness for a vehicle seating assembly includes a body portion having a plurality of engagement hooks adapted for engagement with a vehicle seat cushion pan. A latticework of interconnected lateral support members are bound by a peripheral frame.

Claims

1. A wire harness for a vehicle seating assembly comprising:

a one-piece body portion including a plurality of upwardly extending engagement hooks that couple the body portion to an underside of a vehicle seat cushion pan that includes pockets with apertures which receive the engagement hooks;

the body portion defined by a latticework of interconnected lateral support members bound by a peripheral frame; and

a plurality of module engagement tabs extending downwardly from the peripheral frame.

2. The wire harness of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory module coupled with the body portion of the wire harness.

3. The wire harness of claim 2, further comprising:

a seat position control module coupled with the body portion of the wire harness.

4. The wire harness of claim 1, wherein the body portion is constructed from a polymer having approximately 30 percent recycled materials.

5. The wire harness of claim 1, wherein the upwardly extending hooks include a first side hook, a second side hook and a center hook, and wherein in the center hook is disposed forward relative to the first side hook and the second side hook on the wire harness.

6. The wire harness of claim 1, wherein the module engagement tabs include a friction fit construction for snap-fittingly engaging vehicle seating modules.

7. A wire harness for a vehicle seating assembly comprising:

a one-piece body portion including a latticework of rigid interconnected lateral support members bound by a peripheral frame;

engagement tabs extending from the peripheral frame that secure one or more modules; and

a plurality of engagement hooks extending upwardly from the lateral support members and secured with a vehicle seat cushion pan that has recessed pockets configured to receive the engagement hooks.

8. The wire harness of claim 7, further comprising:

a memory module coupled with the body portion of the wire harness.

9. The wire harness of claim 7, further comprising:

a seat position control module coupled with the body portion of the wire harness.

10. The wire harness of claim 7, wherein the body portion is constructed from a polymer having approximately 30 percent recycled materials.

11. The wire harness of claim 7, wherein the module engagement tabs are coupled to a memory module and a seating position control module.

12. A forward support for a vehicle seating assembly comprising:

a cushion pan having a plurality of pockets with retention apertures and a wiring harness secured against a recessed bottom portion of the cushion pan, the wiring harness including;

a body portion including a latticework of interconnected lateral support members bound by a peripheral frame;

a plurality of engagement hooks coupled with the cushion pan and module engagement tabs extending in a direction opposite the engagement hooks.

13. The forward support of claim 12, further comprising:

a memory module coupled with the body portion of the wire harness.

14. The forward support of claim 12, further comprising:

a seat position control module coupled with the body portion of the wire harness.

15. The forward support of claim 12, wherein the body portion is constructed from a polymer having approximately 30 percent recycled materials.

16. The forward support of claim 12, wherein the cushion pan includes a peripheral flange that at least partially conceals the wire harness from view.