Patents Assigned to Adient US LLC
  • Publication number: 20240140274
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster may have one pair of rails and a drive device for the pair of rails. The pair of rails has a first rail and a second rail, on which the first rail is guided displaceably. The drive device has a geared motor with an output shaft, a motor, a gear unit, a spindle, and a coupling arrangement for coupling the spindle and the output shaft. The spindle is mounted rotatably about a spindle axis. The coupling arrangement may have a flexible coupling which is connected in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner on the one hand to a spindle end and on the other hand to a shaft end of the output shaft and is designed to damp vibrations and/or to compensate for an offset between the spindle end and the shaft end. A vehicle seat may have the longitudinal adjuster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Ingo QUAST, Erik SPRENGER
  • Patent number: 11964597
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, such as for a motor vehicle seat, adapted to be transferable from at least one use position, which is suitable for transporting a passenger, into an easy entry position as a non-use position, and back, may have a seat cushion, a backrest, and a seat frame. The seat cushion and the backrest may be coupled to the seat frame, a base and a kinematics for the articulated connection of the seat frame to the base. The kinematics may have at least one link articulated connecting the seat frame to the base. The at least one link may be lockable by a disc shaped fitting or the at least one link may be lockable with the seat frame by a locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Brian S. Holder, Joseph B. A. Rajkumar, Jeffrey P. Medvecky, Mark F. Kowalski
  • Patent number: 11964595
    Abstract: A seat tilting system for tilting a seat, in particular a vehicle seat, may have at least a seat support structure to support and mount the seat, a base platform defining a reference plane, and a number of swivel actuators coupling the seat support structure relative to the base platform. At least a first swivel actuator is configured to swivel the seat support structure with respect to the base platform around a first swivel axis. At least a second swivel actuator is configured to swivel the seat support structure with respect to the base platform around a second swivel axis. At least a third swivel actuator is configured to rotate the seat support structure around a third swivel axis perpendicular to the base platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Kurt A. Seibold, Michael John Kapusky, Eric Bernard Michalak
  • Patent number: 11958393
    Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle seat may have a structural component with multiple reinforcing ribs, a cushion layer, an insert layer which is arranged between the structural component and the cushion layer, at least one component which is secured to the structural component, and at least one securing device. The at least one securing device may secure both the insert part as well as the component to the structural component. A method for assembling such a seat assembly is also described. In one method step, the insert part is secured to the structural component by at least one securing device, and in the same method step or a subsequent method step or a preceding method step the at least one component is secured to the at least one securing device. A vehicle seat have such a seat assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventor: Stephan Witte
  • Patent number: 11945398
    Abstract: A vehicle seat structure for a vehicle seat may have a structural component having an inertia belt reel. The inertia belt reel may be arranged in a cavity of the structural component, and the structural component may be connected to at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure. A method for assembling such a vehicle seat structure may include providing a structural component having an inertia belt reel and at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure that are displaced and/or rotated relative to one another such that the structural component and the at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure take up an end position with respect to one another. In a further step, the structural component and the at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure are connected to one another in a form-fitting and/or integrally bonded and/or force-fitting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Ludger Muehlenbrock, Toralf Mueller, Tobias Schaffert, Klaus Tupuschies
  • Patent number: 11945351
    Abstract: A seat system for a vehicle including a flexible seatback structure and an adjustment device coupled thereto. The adjustment device is configured to alter a contour of a seating surface of the seatback structure by causing at least a portion of the seatback structure to move toward or away from the occupant of the seat system. The adjustment device includes at least one actuating element connected to a side portion of the seatback structure and an actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Xin Wei Jolene Ng, Joseph Gasko, Reinier Soliven
  • Publication number: 20240101009
    Abstract: A head restraint for a vehicle seat may have a head restraint support, a first loudspeaker unit, and at least one second loudspeaker unit. The head restraint may also have a lining element and a cover. The lining element covers the head restraint support, the first loudspeaker unit and the at least one second loudspeaker unit in the direction of a contact surface. The cover covers the head restraint support, the first loudspeaker unit and the at least one second loudspeaker unit in a direction opposite to the contact surface. The lining element, the head restraint support and the cover are designed in such a way that a sound generated by the first loudspeaker unit can be emitted from the head restraint to an external environment of the head restraint in a largely unattenuated manner. A vehicle seat having a backrest and the head restraint is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventor: Thomas DILLINGER
  • Publication number: 20240102527
    Abstract: An energy absorbing bushing may have a base portion and a tubular portion attached to the base portion, and a split extending through the base portion and the tubular portion. The split may have three portions each at a different angle with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Richard Joseph MAYER, Martin P. MURAU, Steven LIVESEY, Evan E. JARCZEWSKI, Dinesh Kumar Reddy REDDI VARI
  • Publication number: 20240067058
    Abstract: An underframe for a height adjuster of a seat, in particular a vehicle seat, may have a base frame which is connectable to a vehicle floor, a seat frame which is adjustable relative to the base frame and has at least one frame part, and a spindle drive unit for adjusting the seat frame relative to the base frame. The spindle drive unit has a first bearing point, which is connected pivotably to the frame part, and a second bearing point, which is connected pivotably to the base frame. A height adjuster for the vehicle seat is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Lijo MATHEW, Dnyaneshwar GARAD, Vijay UNDE, Igor GORDEENKO, Tobias EWALD, Juraj BAGIN
  • Patent number: 11904750
    Abstract: A structural component may have a carrier structure and a substructure arranged on the carrier structure and having a variable contour. The substructure may have an adjustment mechanism with a plurality of adjustment elements. The adjustment mechanism may be configured to adjust the adjustment elements between a compressed position and an expanded position in order to vary the contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Frotz, Sven Oldach, Daniel Bahr, Rudolf Wilhelm Hemmelrath, Ben Schrieber
  • Patent number: 11890973
    Abstract: A gearing arrangement for a spindle drive arrangement may have a gearing housing and a gearing holder. The gearing holder may have at least two receiving openings, one for each fastening screw or one for each fastening bolt for fastening to another component, in particular to a vehicle seat. The at least two receiving openings may be oriented at right-angles and/or obliquely with respect to one another. A spindle drive arrangement having such a gearing arrangement, and also to a vehicle seat having such a spindle drive arrangement is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventor: Ivica Stanic
  • Patent number: 11878607
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster for a motor vehicle seat may have a first rail, a second rail, a spindle, and a gear. The gear may be fastened to the second rail by a substantially U-shaped gear holder, and the gear holder may have at least two limbs arranged opposite one another in the longitudinal direction. The gear holder may have at least one recess in a base connecting the two limbs, and a gear housing surrounding the gear projects at least in sections into the at least one recess. A motor vehicle seat may have the longitudinal adjuster for adjusting a seat longitudinal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Peter Gregor, Thorsten Schuermann, Erik Sprenger
  • Publication number: 20240017642
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster having at least one rail pair, formed from a first rail and a second rail. The first and second rails are displaceable relative to each other and fit around each other to form an inner channel. A spindle nut is connected to the second rail and a spindle is operatively connected to the spindle nut and are arranged in the inner channel. The spindle nut is fixed on the second rail by a first fixing element and an second fixing element. The spindle nut is centered perpendicular to a longitudinal extent of the second rail by the two fixing elements. A method for assembling the longitudinal adjuster to a vehicle seat are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: ADIENT US LLC
    Inventors: Erik Sprenger, Maros Rovny
  • Patent number: 11850981
    Abstract: A cushion suspension for a vehicle seat may have a support structure with a substantially tub-shaped profile and at least two lateral portions. Each of the lateral portions may have a flexible suspension portion. A seating surface assembly for a vehicle seat is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Kurt A Seibold, Jennifer J. Carlson, Peter James Leite, Duane Potes
  • Publication number: 20230406176
    Abstract: A carrier structure for a backrest for a vehicle seat, has at least a carrier element, where on the carrier element at least one positioning element, in particular a pre-positioning element, is arranged on the carrier top side and has at least one opening for receiving a headrest holder. And, at least one latching element is arranged on at least one of a carrier underside and/or a lateral carrier side. A backrest and a method for mounting the backrest is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Jörg HAUBRICH, Andrea Antonio MOSE
  • Publication number: 20230406165
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat part, a backrest, a kinematics mechanism for transferring the vehicle seat from a use position to a not-in-use position, and back again, and a locking device to lock the kinematics mechanism in the use position. When the locking device is unlocked, the vehicle seat is transferred out of the use position into an access position and the kinematics mechanism is coupled to a drive device by a coupling device. The coupling device has an unlocking swing arm for at least indirectly unlocking the locking device. When in the use position of the vehicle seat, activation of the drive device first unlocks the swing arm to pivot, so that the locking device is unlocked, and it is only following the pivoting movement of the unlocking swing arm that the kinematics mechanism is driven by the drive device to transfer the vehicle seat into the not-in-use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: ADIENT US LLC
    Inventors: Joachim Kaemmerer, Christian Wolf
  • Publication number: 20230398917
    Abstract: A lower leg support device for a vehicle seat may have a first cushion carrier, a second cushion carrier, which is connected in an articulated manner to the first cushion carrier, and a coupling gear for transferring the first cushion carrier and the second cushion carrier from a non-use position to a use position. The coupling gear is able to be driven by a drive device. A vehicle seat may have the lower leg support device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Viktor Enns, Thomas Dill, Wolfgang Pluta, Erik Dick
  • Patent number: 11833933
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventor: Joachim Flick
  • Patent number: 11833944
    Abstract: A back panel for a vehicle seat is described. The back panel may have an upper layer, a lower layer supporting the upper layer, an adhesive layer arranged between the upper layer and the lower layer and fixing the upper layer to the lower layer, and at least one additional panel member welded to the lower layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventor: Ronald G. Bedro
  • Publication number: 20230382273
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat part, a backrest, a kinematics system for transferring the vehicle seat from a use position into an entry position and back, a drive apparatus for driving the kinematics system, and a coupling apparatus for coupling the drive apparatus to the kinematics system. The coupling apparatus has a pawl and a counter-element. The pawl and the counter-element are locked to one another in order to couple the drive apparatus to the kinematics system, wherein the pawl is released from the counter-element by an actuation of the coupling apparatus, resulting in the drive apparatus being decoupled from the kinematics system. The pawl is configured as a bracing pawl, and the pawl and the counter-element are locked to one another beyond a self-locking action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: ADIENT US LLC
    Inventors: Joachim Kaemmerer, Ralph Recktenwald, Holger Kunz