Patents by Inventor Xiang Lai Nian

Xiang Lai Nian 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).

  • Publication number: 20240130923
    Abstract: An adaptive seat massage system and a method of controlling the same include a massage module providing a massage function in a plurality of regions of a seat; a pressure measurement module detecting pressure applied to the seat by a user in the regions of the seat and transmits pressure measurement signal corresponding to respective regions among the plurality of regions; and a control module determining whether to operate the massage module in at least one region based on the pressure measurement signal received from the pressure measurement module, determining, when the massage module is operated in the at least one region, an operating mode of the massage module in the at least one region based on the pressure measurement signal, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the determined operating mode to the massage module to control an operation of the massage module in the at least one region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ming LI, Joo Hwan SON, Hai Yan ZHAO, Xiang Lai NIAN, Junshuai CAO, Shinjin KANG, Shi Hua WANG
  • Publication number: 20220040034
    Abstract: A massage system for a seat of a vehicle includes a drive motor, a sliding member having a hollow pillar shape, a first end of the sliding member being blocked by a plate member and a second end of the sliding member being opened, a housing member having a hollow pillar shape, a first end of the housing member being blocked by a partition and a second end of the housing member being opened, and a drive gear module operably connected to the drive motor, wherein at least one roller member is extended toward the housing member at an edge of the plate member, and at least one cam protruding toward the sliding member is formed at a circumference of the partition, wherein a cam profile is formed at a surface of the cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Joo Hwan Son, Xiang Lai Nian, Hua Chao Wang