Donald Ted Gibbs

US Patent:

20130334862, Dec 19, 2013

Filed:

Jan 17, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/977352

Inventors:

Donald Ted Gibbs - Plymouth MI, US

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Holland MI

International Classification:

B60N 2/68

US Classification:

29745218, 294071

Abstract:

A one-piece seat back frame for a seat assembly and method of forming includes a first member and an opposed second member spaced a predetermined distance apart. A third member extends between the first and second members. A fourth member is spaced a predetermined distance from the third member and has an initial predetermined dimension that is over-sized a predetermined amount to form an excisable slip plane portion, and a final predetermined dimension after the excisable portion is removed and free ends rejoined, so that the one-piece seat back frame can be adjusted prior to rejoining the free ends. The methodology removes the excisable portion, attaches a component to the frame, aligns the component by manipulating the fourth member free ends in the slip plane and rejoins the fourth member tree ends.