Patents Assigned to Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile
  • Seat for motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11292373
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat having a metal frame, the seat defining a volume (V). The frame is configured to be electrically connected to a chassis of the motor vehicle so as to generate a Faraday effect. The seat includes an electronic and/or electrotechnical device having at least one electronic control unit and/or a motor connected to a power cable. The cable is intended for connection to a power supply of the motor vehicle for the at least one electronic control unit and/or motor. The electronic and/or electrotechnical device is at least partially arranged within the volume (V) of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÉGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Naraindranath Doorgah, Nordine Bouziane
  • Vehicle seat with inclinable seatback
    Patent number: 11254245
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a seatback pivoting relative to a frame around the first transverse axis, a seat cushion pivoting relative to the seatback around a second transverse axis, a link pivoting relative to the seat cushion around a third transverse axis, wherein the link is further pivoting relative to the frame around a fourth transverse axis, a mechanism for releasing the angular position of the seatback relative to the frame around the first transverse axis, and an actuator, attached under the seat cushion. The angular position of the seatback relative to the frame released, the actuator commands a movement of the link relative to the seat cushion and consequently of the seatback relative to the seat cushion, from a comfort position of the seat to a flat floor position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: David Epaud, Farouk Bouzid
  • Device for adjusting the length of the seat portion of a motor vehicle seat with controlled breaking
    Patent number: 11220193
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the length of the seating portion of a motor vehicle seat, the seating portion comprising a movable seating part, the adjustment device comprising a threaded rod, a rotating nut, and a housing receiving the nut and the threaded rod, the threaded rod comprising a first end in connection with the movable seating part and a second end opposite the first end, the threaded rod and the nut cooperating in rotation to move the movable seating part, wherein the nut comprises a nut weakness area for the breaking of said nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventor: Dominique Folliot
  • System comprising a vehicle seat track and a support
    Patent number: 11214175
    Abstract: A system comprising a vehicle seat track, in particular automotive vehicle, and a support, where the track comprises a fixed profile intended to be added onto the chassis of the vehicle and a mobile profile configured for sliding relative to the fixed profile. The support comprises an engaging part forming a hook, where the engaging part is configured for engaging with the mobile profile in case of impact of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventor: Christian Couasnon
  • Ventilation device for vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11208016
    Abstract: A device for ventilating the occupant of a vehicle seat, comprising an air inlet receiving air from a ventilation member, and comprising a first duct integrated at least in part into the backrest of the seat, a second duct integrated into a headrest mounted on the seat and supplying at least one air outlet integrated into the headrest and expelling air coming from the ventilation member, the second duct and first duct being connected by a leaktight sliding connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Florent Longatte, Jacques Robert, Anthony Maire
  • Adjustment mechanism for vehicle seat, vehicle seat comprising such a mechanism
    Patent number: 11180064
    Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for a vehicle seat comprising a transmission housing and a slider comprising a first longitudinal guide member. The slider engaging with the transmission housing by means of the first longitudinal guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Nicolas Navatte, Jacek Suchta, Grzegorz Lapa, Garczynski Radoslaw
  • Seat backrest with heating panel
    Patent number: 11180062
    Abstract: A seat for a passenger compartment, for example a vehicle passenger compartment. The seat has a backrest that includes a heating device for heating the space behind the backrest. The heating device includes, from front to back of the backrest, an insulating layer which is a foam, a heating layer, and an outer layer which forms the back of the backrest. The assembly of the insulating layer and the heating layer is achieved by compression on at least their peripheries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÈGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Elise Beaurepaire, Anne-Sophie Cabouillet
  • Seat element panel
    Patent number: 11167674
    Abstract: A back panel of a motor vehicle seat element successively includes a layer of paint, a layer of non-expanded foam, at least one thermal device, and a layer of expanded foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Faurecia Sieges D'Automobile
    Inventors: Anne-Sophie Cabouillet, Fabrice Etienne
  • Vehicle seat foldable into a console position and into forward folded position
    Patent number: 11167666
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a base, a seating portion connected to the base by a front connecting rod, a backrest support lockable on the base, a backrest pivotally mounted on the backrest support by a hinge mechanism and connected to the seating portion by a pivot. The backrest support is connected to the base by two rear connecting rods configured so that the backrest is folded horizontally in a console position when the front connecting rod pivots forward after unlocking the backrest support while the hinge mechanism is not actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: David Epaud, Farouk Bouzid
  • Hinge assembly comprising a tilt sensor
    Patent number: 11167667
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for a vehicle seat includes: a first plate and a second plate, mounted rotatable relative to each other about a transverse direction; a hinge arranged between the first plate and the second plate; and a tilt sensor configured to measure an angle formed between the first plate and the second plate about the transverse direction. The tilt sensor is arranged next to the hinge and at least partially between the first plate and the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÈGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Didier Duriez, Rodolphe Babonneau
  • Double-action actuator with single electric motor for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11167663
    Abstract: An actuator for a vehicle seat comprises an electric motor in which the rotor rotates first and second output shafts of the electric motor; a first reduction gear rotated by the first output shaft, the first reduction gear having a first gear ratio, and driving a first notched shaft having a first notch pitch; a second reduction gear rotated by the second output shaft, the second gear having a second gear ratio, and driving a second notched having with a second notch pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Nicolas Navatte, Emil Rdzanek
  • Manual unlocking lever for seat track
    Patent number: 11161431
    Abstract: A track for a vehicle seat comprising: a lower rail; an upper rail, mounted sliding relative to the lower rail in a longitudinal direction; where a bolt has means of pivoting between a manual lever and an attachment part comprising a first part and a second part belonging respectively to the manual lever and of the attachment part, or vice versa, hinged one relative to the other around said axis of rotation. According to the present disclosure, the first part and the second part comprise means for clipping, mutually engaging, allowing an assembly of the manual lever and the attachment part by elastic deformation of the one at least of the clipping means belonging to the first part and/or to the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Olivier Kircher, Patrick Feuillet
  • Speaker device for a motor vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11166091
    Abstract: A speaker device for a vehicle seat comprises at least one loudspeaker, a wireless communication module operatively connected to the at least one loudspeaker, and an attachment support for fixing the speaker device to the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: David Gayon, Laurent Tapin
  • Pivoting system, pivoting assembly, pivoting module and seat comprising the pivoting system
    Patent number: 11110829
    Abstract: A pivoting system comprising a first hinge mechanism comprising a first frame and a second frame connected together by a first hypocycloidal gear, the first gear comprising a first eccentric cam, a first set of teeth, and a second set of teeth, the first eccentric cam having a first eccentricity, a second hinge mechanism comprising a first frame and a second frame connected together by a second hypocycloidal gear, the second gear comprising a second eccentric cam, a first set of teeth, and a second set of teeth, the second eccentric cam having a second eccentricity equal to the first eccentricity, a control shaft configured to drive the first eccentric cam and the second eccentric cam in rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Gérald Garotte, Bertrand Touzet
  • Automobile seat and method for management of the comfort of an occupant of such a seat
    Patent number: 11110832
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has at least one occupant comfort actuator suited for acting on a part of the body of an occupant of the seat. The actuator is driven based on at least one measurement of one sensor of sweat from the occupant of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÈGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Anne-Isabelle Da Costa, Samuel Baudu
  • Slide rail for vehicle seat and vehicle seat comprising such a slide rail
    Patent number: 11091062
    Abstract: A slide rail for a vehicle seat, comprising first and second slidably mounted profiles and a latch. Each of the first and second profiles has a web and two side flanges. The side flanges of the second profile are extended further towards one another by two re-entrant troughs themselves extended further towards the web of the second profile by downward edges. The side flanges of the first profile are extended further away from each other by flaps which pass between the downward edges and the web of the second profile. The web of the second profile comprises rigid abutments arranged facing the downward edges, the flaps of the first profile passing between the abutments and the downward edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventor: Yves Bourven
  • Headrest device and vehicle seat comprising such a headrest device
    Patent number: 11084406
    Abstract: A headrest device comprises: a headrest support that is pivotable relative to a backrest frame of a vehicle seat, about a first transverse axis; a headrest frame that is pivotable relative to the headrest support about a second transverse axis; and a tilt compensation device for the headrest frame. The compensation device comprises a connecting element in two parts that are pivotable relative to one another, and first and second pivotable guide pins respectively received in a first guide path in the headrest support and in a second guide path formed by the headrest frame. The second part of the connecting element is guided in translation relative to the headrest support in a direction perpendicular to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Hervé Bulle, Emeric De Bosschere
  • Vehicle seat and seat element equipped with a ventilation and thermal control system
    Patent number: 11077776
    Abstract: A seat element having a cover and padding configured to serve as support for a user, and having a ventilation and thermal control system that includes a thermoelectric module, a blower, and a conduit delimiting a passage for air connecting the blower and the thermoelectric module. The ventilation and thermal control system is configured for passing a flow of air coming from the cover towards the blower, and the thermoelectric module is configured for cooling and/or heating the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÈGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Florent Longatte, Mathieu Cluet, Didier Duriez
  • Seat element with a ventilation system
    Patent number: 11077777
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a seat member comprising a first shell, a second shell fixed to the first shell, and a padding covering the second shell such that the second shell is sandwiched between the first shell and the padding, the padding being configured to support a user, and a ventilation system comprising a fan and a duct, the duct being defined by the first shell and the second shell and forming an air passage placing the fan and padding in communication via holes in the second shell. The duct comprises a housing able to receive the fan, and the first shell comprises a door through which the fan can be placed in the housing, the fan having a first orifice for the passage of air between the exterior and the fan, the door having a hole located facing the first orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIEGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Didier Duriez, Florent Longatte, Jean-Marie Mauffrey
  • Motor vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11040641
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat with a seat frame, a backrest with a backrest frame, the backrest frame being pivotally mounted relative to the seat frame around a first transverse axis between at least one deployed position for receiving a seat occupant and a folded position in which the backrest frame is folded opposite the seat frame. The seat further includes on each side of the seat a first and a second connecting rod intended to be fixed on a support of the seat so as to be pivotable about a respective transverse axis to lift the backrest frame relative to the seat support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÈGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: David Epaud, Farouk Bouzid