US4585273A
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Vehicle seat
Assignee: HAWTAL WHITING DESIGN AND ENGINEERING COMPANY Ltd
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Filing: 1983-07-27
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Granted: 1986-04-29
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Expires: 2003-07-27
Abstract
Abstract In order to provide a vehicle seat frame which gives a designer great frem, a seat frame is formed of a moulded body or a foam, such as polyurethane, reinforced internally by a fabricated sheet metal skeleton. The frame is covered by a pad to complete the seat. The seat back 6 and seat pan 5 portions of the frame are structurally independent. Seat belt anchorages (18, 18a, 21) are mounted on the seat back frame portion rather than to the vehicle body, and the arrangement is such that the restraint loads do not pass through the seat pan portion 5 of the frame.
Inventors
- 👤 Derek J. Higgs
- 👤 Russell G. Murty
- 👤 Alan Robins
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 11:17
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/68; B60N2/688; B60R; B60R22/00; B60R22/18; B60R22/26; B60R2022/1818
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
In a vehicle seat frame comprising a seat back frame portion and a seat pan frame portion, the improvement residing in that the said seat back frame portion and the said seat pan frame portion are structurally separate, that at least one of said frame portions is moulded from foamed plastics material which is reinforced by an internal skeleton of fabricated sheet metal, and that the seat back frame portion mounts a source for each of at least two seat belts, includes seat belt anchorage points, and is mountable so as to transmit restraint loads from the sources and anchorage points for the seat belts to the vehicle body without transmitting them through the seat pan frame portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
In a vehicle seat frame comprising a seat back frame portion and a seat pan frame portion, the improvement residing in that the said seat back frame portion and the said seat pan frame portion are structurally separate, that at least one of said frame portions is moulded from foamed plastics material which is reinforced by an internal skeleton of fabricated sheet metal, and that the seat back frame portion mounts a source for each of at least two seat belts, includes seat belt anchorage points, and is mountable so as to transmit restraint loads from the sources and anchorage points for the seat belts to the vehicle body without transmitting them through the seat pan frame portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A seat frame as claimed in claim 1, in which the plastics material is polyurethane.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A seat frame as claimed in claim 2 in which the plastics material is moulded by reaction injection moulding.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
111 words
In a vehicle seat including a vehicle seat frame comprising a seat back frame portion and a seat pan frame portion, the improvement residing in that the said seat back frame portion and the said seat pan frame portion are structurally separate, that at least one of the said frame portions is moulded from foamed plastics material which is reinforced by an internal skeleton of fabricated sheet metal, and in that the seat back frame portion includes shoulder harness and lap seat belt anchorage points and is mountable so as to transmit restraint loads from the anchorage points to the vehicle body without transmitting them through the seat pan frame portion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
111 words
In a vehicle seat including a vehicle seat frame comprising a seat back frame portion and a seat pan frame portion, the improvement residing in that the said seat back frame portion and the said seat pan frame portion are structurally separate, that at least one of the said frame portions is moulded from foamed plastics material which is reinforced by an internal skeleton of fabricated sheet metal, and in that the seat back frame portion includes shoulder harness and lap seat belt anchorage points and is mountable so as to transmit restraint loads from the anchorage points to the vehicle body without transmitting them through the seat pan frame portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 4, including a seat back pad of foam material, in which the anchorage position for the shoulder harness seat belt are enclosed within the foam material of the seat back frame pad.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
A vehicle seat as claimed in claim 4 in which further anchorage positions are at one side of the seat and a belt latch is mounted on the seat back portion on the other side, and in which the other side of the seat has a restraint extending forwardly of the seat back frame portion and located above the belt latch.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
118 words
In a vehicle seat frame comprising a seat back frame portion and a seat pan frame portion, the improvement residing in that the said seat back frame portion and the said seat pan frame portion are structurally separate, that at least one of said frame portions is moulded from foamed plastics material which is reinforced by an internal skeleton of fabricated sheet metal, and that the seat back frame portion mounts a source for seat belt means, includes anchorage points for the seat belt means, and is mountable so as to transmit restraint loads from the source and anchorage points for the seat belt means to the vehicle body without transmitting them through the seat pan frame portion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
118 words
In a vehicle seat frame comprising a seat back frame portion and a seat pan frame portion, the improvement residing in that the said seat back frame portion and the said seat pan frame portion are structurally separate, that at least one of said frame portions is moulded from foamed plastics material which is reinforced by an internal skeleton of fabricated sheet metal, and that the seat back frame portion mounts a source for seat belt means, includes anchorage points for the seat belt means, and is mountable so as to transmit restraint loads from the source and anchorage points for the seat belt means to the vehicle body without transmitting them through the seat pan frame portion.
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