Patents Assigned to Adient US LLC
  • Publication number: 20230264650
    Abstract: A vehicle seat structure has a structural component which has an automatic belt unit. The automatic belt unit is arranged in a hollow space of the structural component and the structural component is connected in a positive-locking and/or materially engaging and/or non-positive-locking manner to at least one other component of the vehicle seat structure. The vehicle seat structure has a seat substructure and the structural component which has an automatic belt unit forms a component of the seat substructure. The structural component which has the automatic belt unit forms a seat frame side portion of the seat substructure A method for assembling such a vehicle seat structure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Ludger MUEHLENBROCK, Toralf MUELLER, Tobias SCHAFFERT, Klaus TUPUSCHIES
  • Patent number: 11718202
    Abstract: A back-rest pivot fitting for a seat, having at least a seat pan, a folding back-rest, which is pivotable coupled to the seat pan, and a pivot fitting. The pivot fitting may have at least a first fitting member which is fixed to the seat pan, a second fitting member, which is pivotable coupled to the first fitting member and which is fixed to the back-rest, a recliner heart and an adjustment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Bruce A. Hiemstra, Michael J. Leighton, Yannis Poulos, Diana Eblenkamp, Miodrag M. Petrovic, Falko Jähner, Sandeep Devadkar
  • Publication number: 20230242022
    Abstract: A seat system for a vehicle including a seat base assembly, a seat back assembly coupled to the seat base assembly, and a temperature-control system disposed in at least one of the seat base assembly and the seat back assembly. The temperature-control system is deactivated when the seat system is unoccupied and activated when the seat system is occupied. The temperature-control system includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer disposed adjacent the first conductive layer, and a plurality of thermal energy elements disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. Hebda
  • Patent number: 11708014
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: James L. Aleksa, Amol Patil, Bhushan Murgude, Roger L. Meyerink, Gaurav Chaudhary
  • Patent number: 11697366
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Frotz, Ivan Jakubec, Martin Banas, Lutz Thilker
  • Publication number: 20230211527
    Abstract: A seat system for a vehicle including a seat back assembly, a seat base assembly, and a headrest assembly. Each of the assemblies may include at least one formed part for providing comfort to an occupant of the seat system. A coated forming tool for producing the formed part of the seat system may be a mold assembly or a printing machine configured to form at least a portion of the formed part of the seat system. The coating of the coated forming tool comprises at least one of a nonstick or ecological material, and more preferably a polytetrafluroethylene (PTFE) material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Michael W. Hobbs, Patricia J. McClarren, Adam Cody McGraw, Charles C. Crothers, Robert E. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 11660993
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for influencing a backward movement of a seat, in particular a backrest part of the seat, with at least one deformation element arranged in a hinged area of the seating part of the seat, the deformation element being configured such that the deformation element can be deformed due to a force acting on the seating part and/or the back part at a predefined torque curve. The invention also relates to a seat, in particular a vehicle seat, comprising a seating part, a backrest part and the type of device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Oezkan Demirci, Dirk Eckenroth, Rolf Schueler
  • Patent number: 11642993
    Abstract: A seat mounting structure for at least one seat in a vehicle having a vehicle structure is provided. The seat mounting structure may have a seat rib cage configured as a universal solitary mounting bracket to which at least one seat can be affixed. The seat rib cage may have a plurality of rib cage elements connected with each other to form the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of seat mounting points for mounting the at least one seat to the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of vehicle structure mounting points for mounting the seat rib cage to the vehicle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: John J. Gomez, James D. Biebel, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski, Kurt A. Seibold, Xin Wei Jolene Ng, John Bleau, Raymond Anthony Iavasile
  • Patent number: 11613192
    Abstract: A height-adjustable headrest may have a base support element and a supporting element. The supporting element may be arranged in the base support element. The supporting element may be guidable in a longitudinally displaceable manner in an X direction. In order to form a guide, the basic supporting element may have a number of openings and the supporting element may have a number of guide parts. A shape of the number of openings may correspond to a shape of the number of guide parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Philippe Morilhat, Felix Manduzio, Christophe Moriniere
  • Publication number: 20230062040
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat may have a first rail and a second rail. The rails may mutually engage around each other to form an inner channel. A spindle nut may be supported by the second rail and a spindle, operationally connected to the spindle nut, may be arranged in the inner channel. In one end region of the first rail, a screw drive driven by a motor and interacting with the spindle may be arranged. The screw drive may be enclosed by a housing. The housing may have at least one cylindrical bearing portion for bearing a worm wheel connected to the spindle. The housing may also at least one step adjoining the cylindrical bearing portion. The step may be designed to support the worm wheel in the event of a crash. A vehicle seat having the longitudinal adjuster is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: ADIENT US LLC
    Inventors: Martin Kuzmz, Andrej Sulak
  • Publication number: 20230049188
    Abstract: A seat fore-and-aft adjuster for a vehicle seat may have a lower rail and an upper rail. The adjuster may also have a drive unit, a gearbox unit having a gearbox housing, and a cover element. The upper rail may have at least one through-hole. The cover element may have at least one covering region, which is formed from two cover legs opposite to and parallel with one another. The cover element may have at least one covering sub-region arranged laterally to the covering region. The covering sub-region is defined by a covering wing protruding vertically in the longitudinal direction from one of the cover legs. The covering region is frictionally and/or interlockingly connected to the housing section, and the covering sub-region covers at least one connecting region of the bracket above that of the upper rail by the covering wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: ADIENT US LLC
    Inventors: Erik Sprenger, Andrej Sulak
  • Publication number: 20230036298
    Abstract: A system for connecting a seat cover and a seat back is disclosed. The system may have a fastener strip with a sinusoidal shape that connects the cover to the seat back so that at least a portion the cover can be seamless over the fastener strip. The design of the fastener strip permits it to be hidden from view on an exterior of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: ADIENT US LLC
    Inventors: EMILIE N. DAIGLE, BONNIE L. COKER, MARC POULIN, MICHAEL W. HOBBS, RAYMOND S. BRISTOW
  • Patent number: 11541835
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Hamm, Benjamin Joerke, Benjamin Guenther
  • Patent number: 11535138
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for influencing a backward movement of a seat (1), in particular a backrest part (1.1) of the seat (1), with at least one deformation element (4) arranged in a hinged area (7) of the seating part (1.2) of the seat (1), the deformation element (4) being configured such that the deformation element can be deformed due to a force acting on the seating part (1.2) and/or the back part (1.1) at a predefined torque curve. The invention also relates to a seat (1), in particular a vehicle seat, comprising a seating part (1.2), a backrest part (1.1) and the type of device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Oezkan Demirci, Dirk Eckenroth, Rolf Schüler
  • Patent number: 11518284
    Abstract: A support for a headrest may have a single-part bending joint support which may have two support regions. A first support region may be situated in a backrest, and a second support region may be designed to receive a headrest body. Also included is a headrest for a seat, including a vehicle seat, that may have at least one headrest body and a support mentioned above and a seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Michael Fimpel, Robert Schuele
  • Patent number: 11511652
    Abstract: A seat part for a vehicle seat may have a support structure which has a tubular frame and a composite component. The tubular frame may have at least one opening on a front side. A threaded sleeve may be arranged and the composite component is arranged on the front side of the tubular frame and is secured to the tubular frame via a screw screwed into the threaded sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Uwe Reichel, Georg Ludwig Fischer
  • Publication number: 20220371475
    Abstract: A floating seat may have at least one seat shell with a seat surface region and a backrest region. The seat may also have a base element on which the seat shell is arranged in an adjustable manner, and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the seat shell relative to the base element and/or a seat base. The adjustment mechanism has at least one adjustment unit for adjusting the seat shell and at least one drive unit which is designed to lock the base element and the seat shell in place in a self-locking manner. The lock can be released by a force introduced into the adjustment unit by an occupant sitting in the seat shell via said seat shell as well as by a force introduced into the adjustment unit by the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: Adient US LLC, Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas DILLINGER, Christian SCHIRP
  • Patent number: 11505099
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a seat trim structure for a vehicle seat with at least a mounting element having a plurality of integrated retaining elements, a number of detachable support members, and a number of detachable trim elements. The support members may be detachably arranged to the mounting element and the integrated retaining elements may be configured to detachably retain the number of trim elements to the mounting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: John J. Gomez, James D. Biebel, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski, Kurt A. Seibold, Xin Wei Jolene Ng, John Bleau, Walter Daniel Merchant, Raymond Anthony Iavasile
  • Publication number: 20220363164
    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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: ADIENT US LLC
    Inventor: Ivica Stanic
  • Publication number: 20220332221
    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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Peter GREGOR, Thorsten SCHUERMANN, Erik SPRENGER