Patent ID: 11958415
Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle seat, comprising:
a seat pad formed of a foam material defining a seating surface for supporting an occupant and a rear surface opposite the seating surface, wherein a speaker cavity for receiving a speaker assembly is formed in the seat pad and extends from the rear surface toward the seating surface; and
at least one speaker retention bracket disposed in the speaker cavity, the speaker retention bracket co-molded with the seat pad so at least a portion of the speaker retention bracket is encapsulated in the foam material to retain the speaker retention bracket in the speaker cavity, the speaker retention bracket having at least one retention feature extending within the speaker cavity to cooperate with the speaker assembly and retain the speaker assembly in the seat pad,
wherein the speaker retention bracket is configured to mount the speaker assembly within the speaker cavity and configured to allow acoustic radiation to be transmitted through the foam material to a seated occupant.