Patent ID: 6688700
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B29C,B60N,Y10S

Abstract:
A seating assembly for an automotive vehicle, comprising:a seat back formed from a molded plastic having a forward wall portion and a rearward wall portion, and a plurality of individual integrated reinforcement structures for defining an integrated reinforcement structure pattern; and an attachment assembly adapted to anchor said seat back directly to at least one body in white portion of said automotive vehicle; wherein said seating assembly is capable of (1) withstanding without rupture at least about 13000 Newtons in the direction in which the seat faces in a plane, parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle; and (2) upon rapid acceleration up to about 20 to about 30 g, exhibiting substantially no fragmentation of the seat back with at least a 36 kg mass placed behind the seat back.