Patents by Inventor François LELIEVRE

François LELIEVRE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11603106
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle seat includes: a functional device able to selectively occupy Np states, where Np is a positive integer; an input interface configured for collecting Nm parameters, where Nm is a positive integer, related to the vehicle and/or to the seat and/or to a user of the seat; a control device configured for changing the functional device from one of the Np states to another of the Np states; a control interface enabling the user to set the functional device, via the control device, to the state to be in; and a data storage unit. The system is configured for sending the values of the Nm parameters to the data storage unit each time the user places the functional device in one of the Np states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Francois Lelievre, Pierre-Henri Petiphar, Christophe Cazes
  • Publication number: 20230021208
    Abstract: A motor vehicle control case includes an outer shell with several control areas, each of the control areas assigned to a specific function of the vehicle, a printed circuit board supporting elementary sensors to generate an electrical signal in response to an action such as an approach movement, a contact or a pressure exerted by a user by having his fingers on at least one of the control areas. The elementary sensors are connected to an electronic control unit, the electrical signal generated by the elementary sensors being transmitted to the electronic control unit to be analyzed therein and converted into a control of a function of the vehicle. Each elementary sensor includes at least one insulating substrate on which are deposited conductive tracks forming a capacitive sensor and an assembly of conductive or semi-conductive nanoparticles in colloidal suspension in an electrically insulating ligand, the assembly forming a force sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Christophe CAZES, François LELIEVRE, Fabrice SEVERAC, Nicolas DUFOUR
  • Patent number: 10786935
    Abstract: A headrest assembly for a vehicle seat, that is height-adjustable along an adjustment direction. The headrest assembly includes a pin adapted to be fixed to a seat backrest and extending along the adjustment direction, an adjustment plate integrally secured to the one pin, and a supporting structure adapted to support a user's head, mounted so as to be adjustable in translation on the adjustment plate along the adjustment direction. The pin is covered by a covering portion. The covering portion and the adjustment plate are made of plastic material overmolded on the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÉGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: François Lelievre, Jérôme Planson, Stéphane Soltner
  • Patent number: 10493889
    Abstract: A rack of molded plastic having a series of notches open in a first direction, each notch having a certain width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The notches are aligned in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, and each notch is defined by a bottom and by first and second side walls extending in the first direction from the bottom to a mouth of the notch. A rib projects into each notch from the first side wall, and the bottom of the notch has a through-opening arranged in correspondence with the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Stephane Soltner, Francois Lelievre, Franck Ganuchaud
  • Publication number: 20190291741
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle seat includes: a functional device able to selectively occupy Np states, where Np is a positive integer; an input interface configured for collecting Nm parameters, where Nm is a positive integer, related to the vehicle and/or to the seat and/or to a user of the seat; a control device configured for changing the functional device from one of the Np states to another of the Np states; a control interface enabling the user to set the functional device, via the control device, to the state to be in; and a data storage unit. The system is configured for sending the values of the Nm parameters to the data storage unit each time the user places the functional device in one of the Np states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Francois LELIEVRE, Pierre-Henri PETIPHAR, Christophe CAZES
  • Patent number: 10377285
    Abstract: A headrest assembly for a vehicle seat includes two pins each extending along an adjustment direction between a lower end and an upper end, each of the two pins having a mounting portion comprising the lower end and adapted to be fixed to a backrest of a seat, an adjustment portion comprising the upper end, and an intermediate portion between the mounting portion and the adjustment portion. The seat further includes a support structure adapted to support the head of a user, and an interface made of overmolded plastic and interconnecting the intermediate portions of the two pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÈGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Stephane Soltner, Francois Lelievre, David Gayon
  • Patent number: 10040381
    Abstract: A cover element for a motor vehicle seat element lining, including: a foam on the reverse side of a textile, skin, or synthetic material; and in edges, intended to be assembled by sewing to at least one piece of textile, skin, or synthetic material, one or a plurality of embossed notches forming alignment marks to perform the sewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Faurecia Sieges D'Automobile
    Inventors: Francois Lelievre, Didier Fouinat
  • Patent number: 10040382
    Abstract: An adjustable headrest for motor vehicle seat. The headrest includes a support structure fixed to a backrest and a body having a front shell and a rear shell. The front shell has a front face intended for contact with the head of a user of the seat, the front face being movable relative to the support structure along a front-rear direction denoted X, over a total travel distance. The total travel distance is formed by a first travel portion provided by a mounting enabling translational movement of the body relative to the support structure while maintaining the position of the front shell relative to the rear shell substantially constant. The total travel distance is also formed by a second travel portion provided by a mounting enabling translational movement of the front shell alone relative to the rear shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Faurecia Siéges D'Automobile
    Inventors: Stéphane Soltner, François Lelievre
  • Publication number: 20180065523
    Abstract: A headrest assembly for a vehicle seat includes two pins each extending along an adjustment direction between a lower end and an upper end, each of the two pins having a mounting portion comprising the lower end and adapted to be fixed to a backrest of a seat, an adjustment portion comprising the upper end, and an intermediate portion between the mounting portion and the adjustment portion. The seat further includes a support structure adapted to support the head of a user, and an interface made of overmolded plastic and interconnecting the intermediate portions of the two pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Stephane SOLTNER, Francois LELIEVRE, David GAYON
  • Publication number: 20180029509
    Abstract: A rack of molded plastic having a series of notches open in a first direction, each notch having a certain width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The notches are aligned in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, and each notch is defined by a bottom and by first and second side walls extending in the first direction from the bottom to a mouth of the notch. A rib projects into each notch from the first side wall, and the bottom of the notch has a through-opening arranged in correspondence with the rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Stephane SOLTNER, Francois LELIEVRE, Franck GANUCHAUD
  • Publication number: 20170291515
    Abstract: An adjustable headrest for motor vehicle seat. The headrest includes a support structure fixed to a backrest and a body having a front shell and a rear shell. The front shell has a front face intended for contact with the head of a user of the seat, the front face being movable relative to the support structure along a front-rear direction denoted X, over a total travel distance. The total travel distance is formed by a first travel portion provided by a mounting enabling translational movement of the body relative to the support structure while maintaining the position of the front shell relative to the rear shell substantially constant. The total travel distance is also formed by a second travel portion provided by a mounting enabling translational movement of the front shell alone relative to the rear shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Stéphane SOLTNER, François LELIEVRE
  • Publication number: 20160304014
    Abstract: A cover element for a motor vehicle seat element lining, including: a foam on the reverse side of a textile, skin, or synthetic material; and in edges, intended to be assembled by sewing to at least one piece of textile, skin, or synthetic material, one or a plurality of embossed notches forming alignment marks to perform the sewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Francois Lelievre, Didier Fouinat
  • Publication number: 20160288676
    Abstract: A headrest assembly for a vehicle seat, that is height-adjustable along an adjustment direction. The headrest assembly includes a pin adapted to be fixed to a seat backrest and extending along the adjustment direction, an adjustment plate integrally secured to the one pin, and a supporting structure adapted to support a user's head, mounted so as to be adjustable in translation on the adjustment plate along the adjustment direction. The pin is covered by a covering portion. The covering portion and the adjustment plate are made of plastic material overmolded on the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: François LELIEVRE, Jérôme PLANSON, Stéphane SOLTNER