Patents Assigned to ARCCA, Incorporated
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Patent number: 8702147Abstract: A vehicle safety seat system includes a seat, and a frame and support surface that are movable with respect to each other between rest and attenuated positions, wherein the frame and support surface are respectively a first and second distance apart. A biasing mechanism biases the frame and support surface to the rest position between blast and slam down phases. A damper coupled between the frame and support surface has blast and rebound recovery resistance settings. The blast resistance setting is set to a predetermined value based on a weight of a seat occupant. The damper, during the blast phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the attenuated position based upon the blast resistance setting, and after the blast phase and prior to the slam down phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the rest position based upon the rebound recovery resistance setting.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Arcca IncorporatedInventors: Alan Cantor, Michael Markushewski, Gary R. Whitman, Daniel McDonough, Larry A. Sicher, Louis A. D'Aulerio, Donald K. Eisentraut, Tim Keon
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Publication number: 20140077519Abstract: A vehicle safety seat system includes a seat, and a frame and support surface that are movable with respect to each other between rest and attenuated positions, wherein the frame and support surface are respectively a first and second distance apart. A biasing mechanism biases the frame and support surface to the rest position between blast and slam down phases. A damper coupled between the frame and support surface has blast and rebound recovery resistance settings. The blast resistance setting is set to a predetermined value based on a weight of a seat occupant. The damper, during the blast phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the attenuated position based upon the blast resistance setting, and after the blast phase and prior to the slam down phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the rest position based upon the rebound recovery resistance setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: ARCCA INCORPORATEDInventor: ARCCA INCORPORATED
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Patent number: 8439420Abstract: A vehicle safety seat system includes a seat, and a frame and support surface that are movable with respect to each other between rest and attenuated positions, wherein the frame and support surface are respectively a first and second distance apart. A biasing mechanism biases the frame and support surface to the rest position between blast and slam down phases. A damper coupled between the frame and support surface has blast and rebound recovery resistance settings. The blast resistance setting is set to a predetermined value based on a weight of a seat occupant. The damper, during the blast phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the attenuated position based upon the blast resistance setting, and after the blast phase and prior to the slam down phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the rest position based upon the rebound recovery resistance setting.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: ARCCA IncorporatedInventors: Alan Cantor, Michael Markushewski, Gary R. Whitman, Daniel McDonough, Larry A. Sicher, Louis A. D'Aulerio, Donald K. Eisentraut, Tim Keon
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Patent number: 8162374Abstract: A vehicle safety seat system includes a seat, and a frame and support surface that are movable with respect to each other between rest and attenuated positions, wherein the frame and support surface are respectively a first and second distance apart. A biasing mechanism biases the frame and support surface to the rest position between blast and slam down phases. A damper coupled between the frame and support surface has blast and rebound recovery resistance settings. The blast resistance setting is set to a predetermined value based on a weight of a seat occupant. The damper, during the blast phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the attenuated position based upon the blast resistance setting, and after the blast phase and prior to the slam down phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the rest position based upon the rebound recovery resistance setting.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: ARCCA, IncorporatedInventors: Alan Cantor, Michael Markushewski, Gary R. Whitman, Daniel McDonough, Larry A. Sicher, Louis A. D'Aulerio, Donald K. Eisentraut
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Publication number: 20100230989Abstract: A vehicle safety seat system includes a seat, and a frame and support surface that are movable with respect to each other between rest and attenuated positions, wherein the frame and support surface are respectively a first and second distance apart. A biasing mechanism biases the frame and support surface to the rest position between blast and slam down phases. A damper coupled between the frame and support surface has blast and rebound recovery resistance settings. The blast resistance setting is set to a predetermined value based on a weight of a seat occupant. The damper, during the blast phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the attenuated position based upon the blast resistance setting, and after the blast phase and prior to the slam down phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the rest position based upon the rebound recovery resistance setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: ARCCA INCORPORATEDInventors: Alan Cantor, Michael Markushewski, Gary R. Whitman, Daniel McDonough, Larry A. Sicher, Louis A. D'Aulerio, Donald K. Eisentraut, Tim Keon
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Publication number: 20100230988Abstract: A vehicle safety seat system includes a seat, and a frame and support surface that are movable with respect to each other between rest and attenuated positions, wherein the frame and support surface are respectively a first and second distance apart. A biasing mechanism biases the frame and support surface to the rest position between blast and slam down phases. A damper coupled between the frame and support surface has blast and rebound recovery resistance settings. The blast resistance setting is set to a predetermined value based on a weight of a seat occupant. The damper, during the blast phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the attenuated position based upon the blast resistance setting, and after the blast phase and prior to the slam down phase, resists motion between the frame and support surface toward the rest position based upon the rebound recovery resistance setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: ARCCA INCORPORATEDInventors: Alan CANTOR, Michael MARKUSHEWSKI, Gary R. WHITMAN, Daniel MCDONOUGH, Larry A. SICHER, Louis A. D'AULERIO, Donald K. EISENTRAUT
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Patent number: 6155601Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly for protecting an occupant of a vehicle from injury includes a seat assembly having a seat back and a seat bottom, a pair of side bolsters disposed on each side of the seat back, a combined seat/lap belt and shoulder belt restraint which is affixed directly to the seat assembly, and a secondary shoulder restraint affixed to the seat assembly. The seat bottom includes a front portion and a ramp upwardly sloped towards the front portion of the seat bottom. A cushion constructed of a rate sensitive compression material having a compressive response to a slow application of force and a rigid response to a rapid application of force is disposed adjacent to the seat ramp.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1999Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: ARCCA IncorporatedInventors: Alan Everett Cantor, Louis Anthony D'Aulerio, Leon P. Domzalski, Bruce Peter Holmberg, Michael Leonid Markushewski, Larry Andrew Sicher, Gary Robert Whitman, John Richard Yannaccone