Patents Assigned to Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
  • Publication number: 20230039241
    Abstract: A head restraint system may have a head restraint retainer with a first surface adapted to support a cushioning material, and a second surface opposite the first surface. The second surface may have a selectively biased clip and at least one leg. The system may also have a panel with a clip port adapted to selectively retain the clip and at least one leg port adapted to selectively retain the at least one leg. A seat having a head restraint system and a method for connecting the components of the system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
    Inventors: James L. Aleksa, Amol Patil, Bhushan Murgude, Roger L. Meyerink, Gaurav Chaudhary
  • Publication number: 20220212573
    Abstract: A structural component may have a flexible structure with at least one adjusting mechanism, which may be formed at least from a plurality of folded elements or lever elements and spacing elements that are coupled to one another in such a way that their upper surfaces are connected to one another by an upper flat element and their lower surfaces are connected to one another by a lower flat element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel BAHR, Thomas FROTZ, Rudolf Wilhelm HEMMELRATH
  • Publication number: 20220185150
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjusting device for the motorized longitudinal adjustment of a motor vehicle seat may have a first rail and a second rail. The device may also have a spindle gearbox, a spindle cooperating with the spindle gearbox for the longitudinal adjustment, and a mount for receiving the spindle gearbox. The spindle gearbox may be at least partly held in the inner channel so as to be fixed relative to the first rail. Laterally projecting protrusions of the holding legs of the mount, which legs may be each arranged in front of and behind the spindle gearbox in the longitudinal direction, engage through lateral openings in the first rail. An abutment device having a contact section may be arranged in the region of the lateral openings. The contact section contacts the holding leg arranged in the particular opening. A vehicle seat with the device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventor: Joachim Flick
  • Publication number: 20220185157
    Abstract: An armrest device for a backrest of a vehicle seat may have at least an armrest body which is pivotable between a horizontal use position (UP) and a vertical stowed position (SR). The device may also have an armrest carrier structure. In the horizontal use position the armrest body may be located substantially laterally with respect to the armrest carrier structure and in the vertical stowed position the armrest body may be located substantially behind the armrest carrier structure. A backrest and a seat may use the armrest device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
    Inventors: Michael J. KAPUSKY, Nathan CARUSS, Jennifer J. CARLSON
  • Publication number: 20220169160
    Abstract: A cover for an upholstered part of a vehicle seat may have at least one opening, in particular a through opening for a locking device for a child seat. An edge area of the cover arranged around the at least one opening is reinforced at least in sections with a foam layer. An upholstered part for a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, may have the cover and be used with the vehicle seat having at least one such upholstered part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: Anna Olsson, Wim Dossche, Claus Stening, Stefan J. Carlsson
  • Publication number: 20220161693
    Abstract: An end cap for a rail of a longitudinal adjuster has a covering portion, for covering an end-face end of the rail, and a fastening portion, for fastening the end cap to the rail. The fastening portion may be connected to the covering portion forming a four-bar-linkage coupling mechanism. The longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat may have at least one pair of rails which is formed from the first rail and the second rail, which is guided displaceably in the longitudinal direction relative to the first rail. At least the first rail or the second rail has at least one opening for the fastening of the end cap for an end of the respective rail. The longitudinal adjuster may have an end cap fastened in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo QUAST, Erik SPRENGER, Turgay TURAN
  • Publication number: 20220161695
    Abstract: A vehicle seat may have height-adjustment kinematics where the kinematics may have a four-joint arrangement and an adjustment arm. The four-joint arrangements may have a base, a side part, a front swing arm and a rear swing arm as transmission elements of the four-joint arrangement. A first revolute joint may connect the base in a pivotable manner to the rear swing arm, a second revolute joint may connect the rear swing arm in a pivotable manner to the side part, a third revolute joint may connect the side part in a pivotable manner to the front swing arm, and a fourth revolute joint may connect the front swing arm in a pivotable manner to the base. Each of the two four-joint arrangements can be adjusted by one of the two adjustment arms, and a drive device, having exactly one transmission motor, drives the two adjustment arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: Michal Ando, Murat Cevik, Pinto Thomas Chirayath, Marco Pruefer, Antonios Simeonidis
  • Publication number: 20220144151
    Abstract: A cover for an upholstered part of a vehicle seat may have at least one opening, in particular a through opening for a locking device for a child seat. An edge area of the cover arranged around the at least one opening is reinforced at least in sections with a felt material. An upholstered part for a vehicle seat having the cover and a vehicle seat having at least one such upholstered part are also provided for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: Anna Olsson, Wim Dossche, Claus Stening, Stefan J. Carlsson
  • Publication number: 20220134918
    Abstract: A cover for an upholstered part of a vehicle seat having at least one opening, in particular a through opening for a locking device for a child seat. An edge area of the cover arranged around the at least one opening is reinforced at least in sections with a reinforcing frame made from a plastic material. An upholstered part for a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, having the cover and the vehicle seat having at least one such upholstered part are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
    Inventors: Anna OLSSON, Wim DOSSCHE, Claus STENING, Stefan J. CARLSSON
  • Publication number: 20220087430
    Abstract: The disclosure refers to a headrest for a seat. The headrest has at least a headrest cushion which is mountable to the seat. The headrest cushion may have an adjustment device configured to at least partially deform a front surface of the headrest cushion along at least one extending direction of the headrest cushion. Further, the disclosure relates to a seat with such a headrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: Dalibor Dimovski, James D. Biebel, John J. Gomez
  • Patent number: 11273743
    Abstract: A mat mounting structure for mounting a mat on a seat back frame in a seat back may have a guide wire attachable to the mat configured to receive a force from a back of an occupant on the seat back. The guide wire may have a straight part extending linearly in a longitudinal direction of the seat back frame on a head side or a root side of the seat back frame. A bushing including a penetration hole in which the straight part is insertable in the longitudinal direction may be included in the structure. An attachment hole part in the seat back frame may also be part of the structure. The bushing may be detachably engageable with and attachable to the attachment hole part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Frederick L. Wilkinson, Sean M. Osinski, Yunxiao Li, Wenting Zhang, Naoto Komiya, Laxmikant Indi, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Taiji Misono, Hiroki Ikeda, Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Yuki Fukuda, Souhei Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11267370
    Abstract: A seat length adjuster for a vehicle seat may have two rail pairs, each pair formed by an upper rail and a lower rail. The upper rail is provided with openings and the lower rail has through holes. At least one spring-loaded, movable locking member may be provided. The locking member carries toothlike protrusions on its two opposite lengthwise sides, which are movable from a released position into the locked position both into the openings and into the through holes. The openings and/or the through holes have contact regions for the toothlike protrusions of the locking member and at least some of the toothlike protrusions have a respective undercut on both tooth flanks. In the locked position a projecting edge resulting from this on the respective tooth flank lies opposite the contact region and/or touches this contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH, Adient Yanfeng Seating Mechanism Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Joachim Flick, Erik Sprenger, Pan Wang, Peigui Wu
  • Publication number: 20220063465
    Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for a headrest for a seat has a scissor lever. The adjustment mechanism has at least one first lever arm and at least one second lever arm. A compensating lever arm is arranged at at least one lever arm end of each lever arm. A free end of each compensating lever arm has an attachment structure for attaching the compensating lever arm to a body. A lever arm end opposite the compensating lever arm of each lever arm has an attachment structure for attaching the lever arm to a body. A headrest for a vehicle seat, which has a headrest body is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Frotz, Ivan Jakubec, Martin Banas, Lutz Thilker
  • Publication number: 20220063457
    Abstract: A vehicle seat may have an upholstered section and at least one cover for capping a through opening in the upholstered section. The cover may have a support, a trim and a cap. A method for fitting the cover may have at least the following steps: fitting the trim and the cap to form a preassembled subassembly, fitting the support on a seat frame of the vehicle seat, positioning an upholstered section on the seat frame, and inserting the subassembly through a through opening in the upholstered section into the support. An edge region of a covering of the upholstered section is clamped between the trim and the support. The subassembly may be fitted to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: Johan Lindqvist, Rahul Masane, Lennart Svensson
  • Publication number: 20220055509
    Abstract: A method for producing a covering material for a covering for a vehicle seat may include the steps of providing at least one flat starting material, making positioning openings in the starting material, and laying at least one ply of the at least one starting material into a tool frame having a plurality of positioning pins. The positioning pins of the tool frame may be guided through the positioning openings in the starting material. The steps may also include applying a material processing method to the at least one laid-in ply and removing the at least one processed ply from the tool frame. A covering material for a covering for a vehicle seat and to a vehicle seat are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Bahr, Thomas Frotz, Lars Hennig, Uwe Schulze
  • Patent number: 11254249
    Abstract: A backrest may have a seat back structure and a carrier module for a headrest. The carrier module may have at least one carrier element arranged on an upper portion of the seat back structure and fixedly connected to the seat back structure. The carrier module may also have at least one supporting element adapted to support the carrier element. The at least one carrier element may have a receiving space configured to receive the headrest and a fixing structure projected towards into the receiving space and adapted to detachably fasten the supporting element to the carrier element. The backrest may be used with a seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Haubrich, Frank Zagromski, Boris Mrázik, Andrea Mose
  • Publication number: 20220048408
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat may have a rail assembly having two rail pairs of seat rails. The respective rail pair has a fixed seat rail and a seat rail that is movable relative to the fixed seat rail. The rail assembly may also have a motor unit and a gearbox unit, which couples the motor unit and the movable seat rail. The rail assembly may also comprise a holder for receiving a gearbox housing of the gearbox unit. The holder is arranged with the gearbox unit in a hollow space formed by the one rail pair and is fixed to the movable seat rail. The holder is formed so as to be open at one end and closed at the opposite end. The holder has at least one stiffening element at the open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventor: ERIK SPRENGER
  • Patent number: 11247594
    Abstract: A headrest element may have a central supporting region and two lateral supporting regions. The lateral supporting regions may be pivotable with respect to the central supporting region about a side pivot axis, which may run at least substantially parallel to a supporting surface of the central supporting region, in such a manner that an angle of the supporting surfaces of the lateral supporting regions can in each case be adjusted variably with respect to the supporting surface of the central supporting region. The central supporting region and the lateral supporting regions may be jointly pivotable about a transverse pivot axis, which runs at least substantially perpendicular to the side pivot axes, in such a manner that an adjustment of the supporting regions in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is possible. A headrest using the headrest element is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Adient Engineering and IP GMBH
    Inventors: Philippe Morilhat, Christophe Fritsch, Christophe Moriniere
  • Publication number: 20220017034
    Abstract: A vehicle seat may have a seat part and a backrest. The backrest may have a foam component with a cavity for receiving at least part of an airbag device. The foam component may be lined at least to some extent with a reinforcing layer arrangement in the region of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Hamm, Benjamin Joerke, Benjamin Guenther
  • Publication number: 20220009382
    Abstract: A pivot fitting for a seat, in particular vehicle seat, is configured to adjust an inclination of the seat between at least a use position and at least a non-use position. The pivot fitting may have at least one detection unit which is configured to determine if the seat is in at least one of the use position, any intermediate inclined position or the non-use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: MICHAEL J. LEIGHTON, KENNETH R. PTAK