Patents by Inventor Thierry MATHA

Thierry MATHA 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: 11660983
    Abstract: A safety device for a motor vehicle seat comprising: a seat, an electric motor for moving the seat or a part of the seat, and a control device configured for measuring/detecting at least one operating parameter of the motor among the voltage and/or the current of the motor and/or the speed of the motor, when the seat or the part of the seat is moving along a movement path when actuated by the motor, the control device being configured for ensuring that the motor is stopped when the at least one parameter of the current measurement crosses at least one threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Thierry Matha, Farouk Bouzid
  • Publication number: 20210129711
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control method for controlling the movement of a seat, called the selected seat, for a motor vehicle equipped with a plurality of seats, comprising: a step of modeling a seat volume associated with each seat of the plurality of seats of the vehicle; an overlap determination step for determining the overlap, called the interference, during which it is determined whether there is at least partial overlap between the seat volume associated with the selected seat, called the selected volume, and the seat volume associated with each of the other seats of the plurality of seats of the vehicle, if the movement is performed; and a decision step, during which the movement is at least partially prohibited or allowed on the basis of the determination step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Thierry MATHA, Farouk BOUZID
  • Publication number: 20210070199
    Abstract: A safety device for a motor vehicle seat comprising: a seat, an electric motor for moving the seat or a part of the seat, and a control device configured for measuring/detecting at least one operating parameter of the motor among the voltage and/or the current of the motor and/or the speed of the motor, when the seat or the part of the seat is moving along a movement path when actuated by the motor, the control device being configured for ensuring that the motor is stopped when the at least one parameter of the current measurement crosses at least one threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Thierry MATHA, Farouk BOUZID