US 12,077,076 B2
Vehicle seat backrest
Jean-Marie Mauffrey, Champagney (FR); Jean-Yves Piederriere, Angerville (FR); Etienne Poulet, Saint Bresson (FR); Benoît Gazaniol, Arpajon (FR); and Didier Duriez, Le Plessis-Pâté (FR)
Assigned to FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile, Nanterre (FR)
Filed by FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile, Nanterre (FR)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/545,329.
Claims priority of application No. 20 12942 (FR), filed on Dec. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0176856 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/66 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/665 (2015.04) [B60N 2/5621 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0015 (2013.01); B60R 11/0217 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat backrest comprises
a backrest armature with an upper cross member and a lower cross member,
at least one central upholstery module and
two side upholstery modules each arranged on a respective side of the central upholstery module,
wherein each of the at least three upholstery modules being fixable to the backrest armature independently of the other two upholstery modules,
wherein the central upholstery module comprises a support fixed to the backrest armature and a foam block covering at least a part of the support, and
wherein the support extends in a longitudinal direction between two longitudinal ends of the support, the two longitudinal ends of the support being curved, a first longitudinal end of the two longitudinal ends of the support resting on the upper cross member of the backrest armature, a second longitudinal end of the two longitudinal ends of the support accommodating the lower cross member of the backrest armature, the two longitudinal ends of the support comprising elastic fitting reliefs, complementary to elastic fitting reliefs on the upper and lower cross members of the backrest armature for fixing the support onto the upper and lower cross members of the backrest armature.