Including A Support Panel (e.g., Pan-type Seat, Etc.) Patents (Class 297/452.55)
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Patent number: 11827363Abstract: An aircraft seat diaphragm includes a pre-stretched elastomeric fabric. The elastomeric fabric is bonded to a composite frame with features to insert the diaphragm into aircraft seat spreaders. The composite frame defines a rear extension that extends up along the rear of the seat for added support. The rear extension may correspond to a fabric portion that releasably attaches to the seat back of the aircraft seat. Rear attachment features on the composite frame engage clips on the rear of a seat cushion to hold the seat cushion in place.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Adcock, Ryan J. Suhre, Stephen A. Puglisi, Gianpaolo Malatrasi
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Patent number: 11772516Abstract: A seat support of the conveyance seat includes right and left front foot members that are attached to a body floor with a gap therebetween in a seat width direction and extend to protrude upward from the body floor and a foot linking member that links the upper portions of the right and left front foot members and is disposed to partially overlap the right and left front foot members in the up and down direction. A closed section structure is formed by an opposing wall portion disposed at a position opposing the foot linking member in an up and down direction, right and left side wall portions continuously bent from both end portions of the opposing wall portion in a seat width direction and protruding to abut toward the foot linking member in the front foot member, and the foot linking member.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetsune Nonaka, Daisuke Kikuchi
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Patent number: 11639124Abstract: A seat includes a framework; a foam body supported by the framework; and a trim cover assembly covering the foam body. The trim cover assembly includes a trim material and one or more coatings, with at least one of the one or more coatings including encapsulated silicone configured to release silicone oil upon abrasion of the at least one coating.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: LEAR CORPORATIONInventor: Andre Wetzka
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Patent number: 11560073Abstract: A child safety seat or a baby carrier for mounting on a motor vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle side seat, has a seat tray and a side impact bar mounted thereon which can be moved from a rest position located in particular within a standard width to a functional position located in particular outside thereof, and vice versa, wherein the side impact bar is positioned in particular on both sides of the seat tray so as to transmit any lateral forces behind the back of a child sitting in the child safety seat and to direct said lateral forces into the seat tray. A side impact bar is used with and mounted on the child safety seat or baby carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: CYBEX GmbHInventor: Martin Pos
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Patent number: 11407345Abstract: A seat includes a framework; a foam body supported by the framework; and a trim cover assembly covering the foam body. The trim cover assembly includes a trim material and one or more coatings, with at least one of the one or more coatings including encapsulated silicone configured to release silicone oil upon abrasion of the at least one coating.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Lear CorporationInventor: Andre Wetzka
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Patent number: 10988065Abstract: A vehicle seat having a vehicle seat base comprising a generally concave seat pan (4) and side plates (16) fixed to the seat pan for mounting the seat pan to the vehicle wherein the seat pan has, all relative to the direction of movement of the vehicle, a front face, a rear face, two lateral side faces and a bottom face, and wherein the side plates extend from the front towards the rear of the seat pan and are bonded to the lateral side faces along at least part of the length of each of the side plates. This produces a lightweight yet rigid seat base which enables a low block height.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: GORDON MURRAY DESIGN LIMITEDInventors: Stuart Edward Clark, Andrew John Smith
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Patent number: 10780799Abstract: A vehicle seat and a vehicle, with the vehicle seat are provided. The vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a backrest, and at least one of a cavity located under the seat cushion and a cavity located under the backrest. The at least one cavity includes at least one air intake, at least one air outlet, and at least one drain port.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.à r.l.Inventor: Eric Michalak
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Patent number: 10752143Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pair of side frames arranged at a distance from each other in a width direction and each including a front frame portion and a rear frame portion, and a cushion panel arranged between the pair of side frames. A rear portion of the front frame portion is provided with a rear upper fitting portion extending in the width direction and a rear lower fitting portion extending in the width direction. A front portion of the rear frame portion is provided with a front upper fitting portion extending in the width direction and fitted to the rear upper fitting portion, and a front lower fitting portion extending in the width direction and fitted to the rear lower fitting portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Inoue, Kazunobu Nuno
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Patent number: 10710472Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pair of side frames, a connecting member, a plastic cover member, and a cushion pad. The connecting member connects the pair of side frames. The plastic cover member is fixed on an upper side of each side frame. The cushion pad is laid over the connecting member and the cover member. The cover member includes an inner fixing portion fixed to an upper side of the connecting member.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Tsukamoto, Muneyuki Nogami, Kurt Shrewsbury, Koji Onuma, Ronald C. Cozzo, David A. Juarez, Masakazu Okada, Ganesh Narayanan
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Patent number: 10625648Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pair of side frames arranged at a distance from each other in a width direction, and a cushion panel arranged between the pair of side frames, the cushion panel being provided with a reinforcing rib extending in the width direction, the pair of side frames being provided with a fitting portion extending in the width direction and configured to connect the cushion panel and the pair of side frames by being fitted to the reinforcing rib.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Inoue, Kazunobu Nuno
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Patent number: 10543767Abstract: A cushion pan for a seat cushion is formed from a metal sheet and the cushion pan includes: an outer frame section that is formed in a frame shape in a seat plan view, a pair of mutually opposing sides of the outer frame section each including a horizontal portion with a respective thickness direction along a seat up-down direction; a pair of side plate portions that extend toward one side in the seat up-down direction from facing end portions of the pair of horizontal portions; and a plate spring portion having a flat plate shape bridging between ends of the pair of side plate portions on an opposite side of the side plate portions from the pair of horizontal portions.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasaki, Shunichirou Osa, Akihiro Hayashi, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Kazuki Hirao
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Patent number: 10538181Abstract: A seatback of a seat includes a seatback frame, a pad placed on a front side of the seatback frame, and a skin member covering a front part of the pad and extending to a rear side of the seatback frame. An inner support member is attached to the rear side of the seatback frame. A back board is attached to a rear side of the inner support member and configured to hold an edge portion of the skin member against at least an upper part of the inner support member.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Tsukamoto, Kristian Villanueva, Takuji Kaneda, Makoto Takeuchi, Ganesh Narayanan, Masakazu Okada
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Patent number: 10493885Abstract: A reinforcement structure for a seat back frame includes a panel member and a frame member joined to the panel member. The panel member includes an outer peripheral flange formed by bending an outer peripheral portion of the panel member, and the outer peripheral flange includes a plurality of outer peripheral beads formed thereon and arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the panel member.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Kei Okuma, Naoya Nishimoto, Yuta Sugaya
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Patent number: 10308302Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cushioning material structure, for a vehicle seat, that makes it possible to reduce the weight of the vehicle seat while maintaining stable riding performance. A cushioning material supported by the top surface of a bottom plate provided on a vehicle body is provided with voids. This allows weight reduction without reducing the thickness of the cushioning material as in conventional cushioning-material structures, thereby making it possible to reduce the weight of the vehicle seat while maintaining stable riding performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohisa Chiba, Katsuhiro Kiya, Yoshinori Ueyama
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Patent number: 9855861Abstract: A rail and carrier system for first and second removable seats of a motor vehicle is described. The rail and carrier system includes two lower rails fixedly attached to and positioned laterally along a floor of the motor vehicle. Two upper rails are nested with and laterally slidable within each of the lower rails. The rail and carrier system further includes four cross brackets laterally spaced apart and arranged perpendicular to the upper rails, two connecting the left upper rails, and two connecting the right upper rails. Covers are connected to and extend between the cross brackets.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Peter A Supernavage, Fernando A Montijo, Jeffrey H Scheurer, II, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Spyridon G Blatseas, Jesus A Diaz Gonzalez
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Patent number: 9771155Abstract: A seat pan for a passenger seat and a passenger seat. The seat pan is corrugated for partially absorbing a downward loading applied to the seat pan through deformation of a corrugation pattern of the seat pan as a result of a counter force applied by a support structure of the passenger seat.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignees: Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd, Tenryu Aero Component Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guo Ying Zheng, Charles Fakhri Baz, Teruo Sawada
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Patent number: 9505328Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat comprising a seat portion and a backrest connected to the seat portion by a hinge mechanism. A seat element selected from among the backrest and the seat portion comprises a shell, which is made of a plastic material and the side edges of which are overmolded onto composite reinforcement inserts. Each of the inserts comprises a core perpendicular to the medium plane of the seat element, and two side flanges parallel to the medium plane of the seat element. The insert is formed by assembling two composite parts having an L-shaped cross-section and forming a portion of the core and one of the side flanges of the insert.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: FAURECIA SIEGES D'AUTOMOBILEInventors: Thierrry Renault, Amit Kulkarni
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Patent number: 9050919Abstract: A vehicle seat cushion is provided with: a cushion body that makes contact with the body of a vehicle occupant; and a plurality of spring bodies that are suspended on a seat frame so as to extend in the fore-and-aft direction of the seat. The plurality of spring bodies include inner region spring bodies that are placed underneath the hipbone of the vehicle occupant, and outer region spring bodies that are placed on the outer sides of the inner region spring bodies in the transverse direction of the seat. Moreover, if a cross-section of the seat extending in the fore-and-aft direction is viewed, then at least the inner region spring body portion that is located on the front side of the bottommost end portion of the hipbone of the vehicle occupant is seen to be positioned lower than the outer region spring bodies.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoki Matsumoto, Yoshitomo Oka
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Patent number: 8998338Abstract: A chair component assembly includes a support component adapted to support a portion of a seated user and a cover having a plurality of sides that cooperate to form an interior space that receives the support component herein, wherein the cover includes a first portion comprising a thermoplastic material, and a second portion comprising a non-thermoplastic material, wherein the first portion and the second portion are attached to one another to each form an outer aesthetic surface of the cover about the support component.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Mark Vander Veen, Gordon J. Peterson, Bruce M. Smith
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Patent number: 8985685Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly having a seat back including a polymeric body portion defining a forward support frame having a plurality of forwardly extending connection pins on a front surface thereof. A flexible comfort carrier is disposed on the polymeric body portion and includes a plurality of slots configured to receive the plurality of forwardly extending connection pins. A seat includes a seat pan that is rotatable over a seat bin between open and closed positions. The seat pan includes a forward upwardly-rounded hump configured to lessen the potential of a passenger to slide forward in the seat. The seat pan includes a storage compartment on an underside thereof that includes a latchable lid.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jonathan Andrew Line, Robert Damerow, Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Brandon Guinn, Bernard Gerard Marchetti, Daniel Ferretti, Chad Hoover
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Patent number: 8919887Abstract: To achieve weight reduction while providing elasticity sufficient in a cushioning member for a vehicle seat, an elastic member made of expanded resin beads includes an elastic covering material having stretching properties stuck to an outer face of an expanded bead body. Therefore, when the elastic member made of expanded resin beads is bent or compressed, the respective beads themselves configuring the expanded bead body are elastically deformed according to stretching or compressing of the elastic covering material, and since the elastic deformation is not such deformation that a gap between beads of the expanded bead body largely expands, a crack occurring between beads or permanent deformation does not occur so that bending or compressing becomes possible. Accordingly, the elastic member made of expanded resin beads is suitable as a cushioning member utilizing an elastic recovering force in a bending direction and a thickness direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Delta Tooling Co., Ltd.Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Yumi Ogura, Soichi Makita, Shigeki Wagata, Seiji Kawasaki, Yuji Hattori
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Patent number: 8864239Abstract: Disclosed is a back rest structure for vehicle seats and a method for manufacturing the same. The back rest structure has a back panel element and a seat back frame element fixed to each other, where at least one of the back panel element or the seat back frame element is provided of a thermoplastic composite material comprising a thermoplastic compound material and a reinforcement material, wherein with respect to the thermoplastic material the reinforcement material represents 50 wt-% or more than 50 wt-%.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Eric B. Michalak, Gregg R. Laframboise, Daniel J. Sakkinen, Ornela Zekavica, Antoine Kmeid, Joseph F. Prosniewski, Alexander I. Balin, Nicholas L. Petouhoff
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Patent number: 8820843Abstract: A vehicle seat supporting body has padding which has a honeycomb body of elastic material and is covered with upholstery permeable to air and defining a user supporting surface; the cells of the honeycomb body extend along axes crosswise to the supporting surface, are open at the ends, and, in use, vary in volume in response to oscillating movement of the user; on the opposite side to the supporting surface, at least one opening connects the cells to the outside, and is opened/closed automatically by valves in response to compression and decompression of the air in the cells.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: C.R.F. Societá Consortile per AzioniInventors: Nevio Di Giusto, Andrea Zussino, Giorgio Masoero, Salvatore Demontis
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Patent number: 8801104Abstract: A seat portion of a vehicle seat has a padding, which is covered with permeable upholstery defining a user supporting surface and has a plurality of chambers extending crosswise to the supporting surface; the chambers are open at their ends and, in use, vary in volume in response to oscillating movement of the user; the chambers are grouped in at least four groups, which are located, respectively, in front right, front left, rear right, and rear left position; the chambers of each group are isolated in fluidtight manner by the chambers of the other groups and communicate with a respective opening, which connects the lower end of the chambers to the outside; the opening of each group is associated with a respective valve, which operates independently from the valves of the other groups and is opened/closed automatically in response to compression and decompression of the air in the chambers.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: C.R.F. Societá Consortile per AzioniInventors: Nevio Di Giusto, Andrea Zussino, Giorgio Masoero, Salvatore Demontis
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Patent number: 8752901Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a back side, that is a side opposite a seating side, of a cushion is covered by a backing that has less expandability than the cushion. The back side of the cushion is divided by a pair of first supporting members into a center portion arranged between the pair of first supporting members and a pair of side portions arranged on both sides of the center portion. The center portion and the side portions each have a semi-cylindrical outer shape that protrudes out from the back side of the cushion. First arranging portions that are recessed toward the seating side are formed between the center portion and each of the side portions. The first supporting members are arranged sinking into the cushion at the first arranging portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushki KaishaInventors: Kenji Kawano, Kousuke Sei, Takanori Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20140159443Abstract: A therapeutic recumbent chair having back and leg cushions and including an adjustable lumbar support member and an adjustable scapula region support member, each within the back cushion and movable toward and away from a front surface of the back cushion for adjustment of the support members against the back cushion for comfortably supporting the back of a user when the user is seated in the chair. Varying the positions of the adjustable lumbar support member and of the adjustable scapula region support member allows the chair to be configured to properly support a user's back when the user is in a recumbent position, for minimizing back problems of a user and for treating back disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Inventor: Jeffrey T. QUINT
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Patent number: 8727445Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a supporting structure and a first and a second contoured panel fitted to the supporting structure and respectively defining the seat portion and the backrest of the seat. The supporting structure comprises a first and a second lateral supporting member extending along opposite sides of the seat and joined to one another by a cross-member extending along the join between the seat portion and the backrest. The first and the second panel are covered with respective flexible cover sheets that are fixed securely to the supporting structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Petra Italia S.A.S. di Marina Bordo & C.Inventor: Cosimo De Maina
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Patent number: 8678505Abstract: A seat cushion of vehicle seat including a seat cushion frame and a bottom panel member on which a foam padding is mounted. The bottom panel member has a thigh support area fixed to a forward portion of the seat cushion frame and a buttocks support area situated in a rearward portion of the seat cushion frame. The buttocks support area has a resiliently deformable area in which are formed beads, each being resiliently stretchable laterally relative to the central line thereof by a downward load applied to the buttocks support area, whereby the resiliently deformable area is rendered deformable and displaceable downwardly. The buttocks support area may be made narrow by forming two inwardly curved edge portions in the respective sides thereof to thereby allow that buttocks support area to be warped downwardly. Hence, the buttocks support area is resiliently displaceable vertically relative to the seat cushion frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Kanda, Masaaki Honda, Yosuke Karino
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Patent number: 8662483Abstract: A shock absorber for vehicle seat is provided. The shock absorber is suspended on a seat frame so as to elastically support a pad. The shock absorber includes: a plurality of wires that are disposed in parallel to the seat frame, both ends of the wires being locked to the seat frame; and a resinous member that connects the wires to each other, the resinous member having a bent portion, wherein the resinous member is elastically deformable in a direction in which the wires are opposed each other in accordance with a deformation of the bent portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigetomo Yamaguchi, Masayuki Kitou, Toshiyuki Ario, Ryuji Hayashi
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Patent number: 8651573Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat bottom having a seat cushion and a seat bottom frame subassembly adjacent the cushion. The seat bottom frame subassembly has a platform portion with an aperture, a first substantially rigid support member suspended from the platform portion across the aperture, and a second substantially rigid support member suspended from the platform portion across the aperture. The first support member and the second support member are configured to move between the retracted position and a deployed position when a load is applied to the cushion. The first support member and the second support member cooperate to support the cushion when the first support member and the second support member are in the deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Giuseppe Ghisoni, Giorgio Ursino
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Patent number: 8651579Abstract: Panel assemblies designed and configured to be installed into cushioned and other occupant-supporting furniture to increase the support provided to one or more occupants of the furniture. Each panel assembly is composed of interconnecting components, such as panels and slats. The components are interconnected in any one or more of a variety of manners, including side-to-side, overlapped, and stacked, and combinations thereof. Each panel assembly can be made from one or more kits of components that can be provided along with instructions, such as assembly instructions and installation instructions.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: HIP Innovations LLCInventors: James Pettingill, Timothy George
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Patent number: 8550564Abstract: A composite seat pan for a lightweight aircraft passenger seat includes an open-section fore cross beam, an open-section aft cross beam and a seat pan membrane carried by the fore cross beam and the aft cross beam.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Max U. Kismarton, James A. Fullerton
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Patent number: 8540318Abstract: In at least one embodiment, the present invention relates to a vehicle seat assembly comprising a seat frame made of structural foam and having a main body portion having a forward portion and a rearward portion, and a wire attachment bracket having a front attachment tab, a rear attachment tab, and a connecting portion extending between the front and rear attachment tabs. The front attachment tab can be securable to a vehicle floor pan to secure the forward portion of the seat frame to the vehicle floor pan, and the rear attachment tab can be securable to a vehicle floor pan to secure the rearward portion of the seat frame to the vehicle floor pan. In at least one embodiment, the vehicle seat assembly further comprises a cushion supported on the frame, with the cushion being softer than the seat frame, and a trim material disposed over the cushion.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Mark Allyn Folkert, William Barr, Ashford A. Galbreath, Asad S. Ali
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Publication number: 20130119741Abstract: A cushion pan for a vehicle seating assembly includes a body portion having at least one pocket including a module retention aperture disposed therein. First and second suspension assembly retainers are disposed in the body portion. A peripheral flange extends substantially orthogonal to the planar extent of the body portion and includes a plurality of trim tabs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Michael Medoro, Majid Arefi, Khaled Ayyash, Johnathan Andrew Line, Michael Kolich, James Patrick Creighton, Robert J. Sack
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Publication number: 20120326484Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a back side, that is a side opposite a seating side, of a cushion is covered by a backing that has less expandability than the cushion. The back side of the cushion is divided by a pair of first supporting members into a center portion arranged between the pair of first supporting members and a pair of side portions arranged on both sides of the center portion. The center portion and the side portions each have a semi-cylindrical outer shape that protrudes out from the back side of the cushion. First arranging portions that are recessed toward the seating side are formed between the center portion and each of the side portions. The first supporting members are arranged sinking into the cushion at the first arranging portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji KAWANO, Kousuke SEI, Takanori KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 8328279Abstract: A pad is adapted to set on a seat pan included in a vehicle seat. The pad includes a cushion on the seat pan and a cushion cover on the cushion.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLCInventors: Gregory Brncick, Robert Fender, Lola Lafferty, Karen Brosnan
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Patent number: 8287047Abstract: A vehicle seat allowing to improve a vibration absorption characteristic, securing a stable seating posture, having high vehicle operability, and allowing to alleviate fatigue due to long time seating. In a seat cushion of a vehicle seat, a first human body support portion having a center at a position corresponding to a substantially center between the pair of ischial tuberosities of a human body, and a second human body support portion corresponding to the vicinities of femoral bases of a human body and having a center at a position located forward at a horizontal distance of 100 mm along a longitudinally center line of the seat cushion from the first human body support portion are regarded respectively as spring elements, and static spring constants and dynamic spring constants thereof are set to a predetermined relationship. Thus, stability and vibration absorbency during static seating are improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Delta Tooling Co., Ltd.Inventor: Etsunori Fujita
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Publication number: 20120256467Abstract: Panel assemblies designed and configured to be installed into cushioned and other occupant-supporting furniture to increase the support provided to one or more occupants of the furniture. Each panel assembly is composed of interconnecting components, such as panels and slats. The components are interconnected in any one or more of a variety of manners, including side-to-side, overlapped, and stacked, and combinations thereof. Each panel assembly can be made from one or more kits of components that can be provided along with instructions, such as assembly instructions and installation instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: HIP INNOVATIONS, LLCInventors: James Pettingill, Timothy George
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Publication number: 20120248839Abstract: A cushion structure that does not cause pain to a user when seated and that promotes steady breathing. Three dimensional knit fabrics are formed as a laminate of plural stacked layers, and a minimal-layer structure section, which does not possess at least even a single intermediate layer between the topmost layer and the bottommost layer, is provided on the approximate center section in the width direction in a prescribed width and in a prescribed length from front to back. The approximate center section in the width direction of the cushion structure is the region upon which the area around the sacrum is positioned when the user is seated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Delta Tooling Co., Ltd.Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Yumi Ogura, Hirofumi Mizuno, Seiji Kawasaki, Shigeki Wagata
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Publication number: 20120228918Abstract: A vehicle seat with a function of absorbing volatile substances in an interior of a vehicle with the seat is disclosed. The vehicle seat comprises a seat frame structure, a cushioned padding member supported on the seat frame structure, and a volatile substances-absorbing member provided on a surface of the cushioned padding member which faces the seat frame structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Junichi Takahashi, Takako Fukuda, Hideyuki Yanagita, Harutomi Nishide, Yoshiyuki Ito, Tetsushi Yamada
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Publication number: 20120133193Abstract: A support member has a first part that abuts against a frame member to be engaged with the frame member, and a second part to which an edge of upholstery is attached. The first part and the second part are formed at one side of the support member in a row. The first part is formed by bending a portion of the one side of the support member so as to curve toward a first side of the frame member that is different from a second side of the frame member, at which a cushioning material is arranged. The second part is formed by bending another portion of the one side of the support member so as to curve in the opposite direction from the first part and so as to protrude toward the center of the frame member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyuki ABE, Hiroshi MIZOBATA
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Patent number: 8136884Abstract: A seating product comprising a seat deck assembly secured at opposite ends to a frame. The seat deck assembly comprises a seat deck. A textile border is disposed between at least one end of the seat deck assembly and the frame. The textile border is attached to the frame, thereby flexibly coupling the seat deck assembly thereto. Cushions, padding or an upholstered covering can complete embodiments of the seating product.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: L & P Property Management CompanyInventors: Larry I. Bullard, William J. Distler
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Publication number: 20110210597Abstract: A vehicular seat, a watercraft seat, a method for making the vehicular seat, and a method for making the watercraft seat that can achieve a favorable riding comfort, reduce the number of work processes involved, and reduce a manufacturing cost even by foaming a first cushion member of urethane on a second cushion member of a thermoplastic elastomer to make an integrated assembly of the first cushion member of urethane and the second cushion member. A vehicular seat includes a first cushion member formed of urethane and covered with a seat skin and a second cushion member formed of a thermoplastic elastomer and disposed between the first cushion member and a bottom plate. A covering sheet is disposed between the first cushion member and the second cushion member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Tsutomu TAKEUCHI, Mitsue Koyano, Takeshi Ohara
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Publication number: 20110148175Abstract: To achieve weight reduction while providing elasticity sufficient in a cushioning member for a vehicle seat, an elastic member made of expanded resin beads includes an elastic covering material having stretching properties stuck to an outer face of an expanded bead body. Therefore, when the elastic member made of expanded resin beads is bent or compressed, the respective beads themselves configuring the expanded bead body are elastically deformed according to stretching or compressing of the elastic covering material, and since the elastic deformation is not such deformation that a gap between beads of the expanded bead body largely expands, a crack occurring between beads or permanent deformation does not occur so that bending or compressing becomes possible. Accordingly, the elastic member made of expanded resin beads is suitable as a cushioning member utilizing an elastic recovering force in a bending direction and a thickness direction thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: DELTA TOOLING CO., LTD.Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Yumi Ogura, Soichi Makita, Shigeki Wagata, Seiji Kawasaki, Yuji Hattori
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Publication number: 20110127823Abstract: The invention relates to a backrest (3) for a rear seat or a rear bench (1) of a motor vehicle, in particular a backrest (3) produced in accordance with a method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the backrest (3) has upholstery (4) and a back plate (5, 5B) which is arranged behind the upholstery (4) and extends essentially over the entire backrest (3), wherein at least two thirds of the back plate (5, 5B) are composed of a rolled metal sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2007Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventor: Meinhard Behrens
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Publication number: 20100327647Abstract: A vehicle seat cushion composite is provided with a structural layer adapted to be mounted within a vehicle to provide support to an occupant. The structural layer has at least two edge regions provided proximate two edges of the structural layer and an inner region at least partially bound within the at least two edge regions. The at least two edge regions have a plurality of concave channels. A cushion layer is adjacent to the structural layer and has a plurality of concave projections sized to be received within the plurality of concave channels of the structural layer for minimizing lateral movement of the cushion layer relative to the structural layer proximate the edge regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: LEAR CORPORATIONInventors: Ashford A. Galbreath, Asad S. Ali, Terry O'Bannon
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Patent number: 7837273Abstract: A seat suspension that includes at least one beam spring that extends across a seat pan. In one preferred embodiment, a pair of such springs is carried by the pan. The springs preferably differ in compliance from one another and from a mesh load supporting grid that is connected to each spring. One such arrangement produces a suspension of progressive construction that enables the seat to handle a wide range of shocks, bumps, jolts, and vibration of varying frequencies and magnitudes.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Milsco Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Clifton J. Ratza, Trent A. Eekhoff
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Publication number: 20100276979Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a backrest and a seat part, at least one of which has a structural element with a cavity. The cavity is formed by a base plate and at least two profiles secured to the base plate. A corner region of the two profiles has provided in it a filling configured to influence the stability and/or the deformation behavior of the backrest and/or the seat part. The filling has a foam support and a foam material at least partially surrounding the foam support.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Johnson Control Technology CompanyInventors: Martin Zynda, Stefan Josten, Stafan Funk, Bernd Engels, Andreas Hansen
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Patent number: 7806476Abstract: A seat, especially an airplane or vehicle seat, has a seat part placed on the stand-type seat structure (12) in relation to a base and provided with a bearing part (18) on its front side. The bearing part (18) is embodied in a flexible manner and can move in the direction of the seat structure (12) when a predefined seating load is exerted on it. When the load is discharged, it can move back into its initial position in the opposite direction from the seat structure (12). This arrangement creates a seat whose front part is maintained in a flexible manner such that the front area of the seat part yields according to the seating load exerted by the seat user. The pressure forces are limited to the lower side of the upper thighs of the seat user. As a result, the cross-sections of the veins in that region are not reduced, but are maintained such that the circulation of the blood is not impeded, significantly reducing the risk of thrombosis.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Oliver Forgatsch, Hartmut Schürg, Sven Achilles
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Publication number: 20100176633Abstract: A pad is adapted to set on a seat pan included in a vehicle seat. The pad includes a cushion on the seat pan and a cushion cover on the cushion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2009Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING, INC.Inventors: Gregory Brncick, Robert Fender, Lola Lafferty, Karen Brosnan