原始名称记载: LEAR CORPORATION

Fasteners to couple foamless cushions of intertwined or entangled polymeric strands and methods thereof. In a first embodiment of the fastener, it comprises a retainer portion that anchors the fastener in the polymeric strands of the cushions and a protruding portion that extends through the polymeric strands of the cushion to another fastener. The retainer portion may have a larger dimension, area, or cross-section area than the retainer portion such that it is inhibited from penetrating through the polymeric strands.

A trim cover assembly and a seat assembly are described. A trim cover assembly is provided with a trim panel with a first trim member connected to a second trim member via a first join, and a third trim member connected to the second trim member via a second join. The trim cover assembly has one or more first retaining trim members connected to an inner surface of the trim panel adjacent to or via the first join, with each first retaining trim member extending outwardly therefrom to an associated first free distal end; and one or more second retaining trim members connected to the inner surface of the trim panel adjacent to or via the second join, with each second retaining trim member extending outwardly therefrom to an associated second free distal end. A retainer is supported by and extends between the first and second free distal ends.

A method includes arranging at least one laser-weldable conduit along a contact interface with a laser-weldable polymer film layer of a seat inflatable bladder carrier, directing a laser beam at the laser-weldable polymer film layer, and moving the laser beam along a welding path that intersects the contact interface. The laser beam penetrates through the laser-weldable polymer film layer and impinges the at least one laser-weldable conduit. The laser beam causes localized heating and welding along the weld path at the contact interface, to fuse the laser-weldable polymer film layer and the conduit together.

An airflow control system includes a plurality of airflow passages. Each of the airflow passages splits into at least first and second sub-passages. The first sub-passages provides a first group of sub-passages and the second sub-passages provide a second group of sub-passages. First and second fluidic clamps control airflow through the first and second groups of sub-passages. The first group of sub-passages extends through the first fluidic clamp and the second group of sub-passages extends through the second fluidic clamp. Actuation of the first fluidic clamp prevents airflow through the first group of sub-passages and, independent of the first fluidic clamp, actuation of the second fluidic clamp prevents airflow through the second group of sub-passages.

A seat cover secured to a seat structure formed of a mesh body of polymer fibers that are welded together, a method of securing the seat cover having a seam to a novel mesh body seat structure, and fixture used in the method. A mesh pad of welded polymer fibers is covered with the cover including tie down strips is selected. The tie down strips are moved into predetermined locations within the mesh pad, and the mesh pad is heated in the predetermined locations to melt a portion of the polymer fibers onto the tie down strips to hold the tie down strips in the predetermined locations.