Overmold-Cushion Suspension

The injection-molded PP design reduces part count from 5 to 1 /  seat, piece cost $0.56 USD per seat, tooling costs $288,000 USD, and per-vehicle mass by 1.93 kg vs. previous design. The single-piece design provides wire harness routing and retention, seat-cushion and back-trim retention, and climate-control system retention – functionality that previously required 6  parts to achieve.  Now there are 5 fewer parts to manage, control, and install and fewer opportunities for potential failure modes.

OEM/Vehicle Ford Motor Co. 2012 Ford Escape SUV / Kuga CUV System Supplier Flex-O-Lators Div. of Leggett & Platt Inc. Material Processor Flex-O-Lators Div. of Leggett & Platt Inc.

Material Supplier Washington Penn Resin PPC5UF0 PP Tooling/Equipment Supplier Advanced Mold Engineering Inc.

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