US 11,987,186 B2
System and method for badge installation
Matthew Lawson, Brighton, MI (US); Eric Groder, Macomb, MI (US); and Michael Modreski, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed by LEAR CORPORATION, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,523.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/241,780, filed on Sep. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074651 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/58 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 13/0206 (2013.01) [B60N 2/5816 (2013.01); B60N 2/5891 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for installing a badge on a vehicle seat having a trim cover and a support structure, the method comprising:
disposing a tensioning strip over a B-side of the badge and over a B-side of the trim cover to form an assembly;
positioning the assembly over the support structure of the vehicle seat such that an A-side of the badge and an A-side of the trim cover face toward a front of the vehicle seat;
applying a tensile force to the tensioning strip in a direction toward a back of the vehicle seat such that a surface of the A-side of the badge is positioned rearward of a surface of the A-side of the trim cover; and
securing the tensioning strip to the support structure of the vehicle seat.