Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat base, a seat bottom connected to the seat base, a seat back pivotably connected to the seat base, and/or an adjustment assembly connected to the seat base. The adjustment assembly may include a first lever connected to the seat back, a second lever pivotably connected to the seat base and the seat back, and/or a motor coupled to the first lever. Actuation of the motor may rotate the first lever to adjust the seat back to a first seat position and to a second seat position relative to the seat base.

Abstract: Electrical connectors are described. An example electrical connector has a housing, a cover releasably attached to the housing, a first blade, and a second blade. The housing has housing first end, a housing second end, a connector portion, and defines a shoulder, a first passageway, a second passageway, and a projection. The first passageway and the second passageway are defined on the connector portion. The first blade is partially disposed within the first passageway and is attached to the housing. The first blade has a first blade second end disposed a first distance from the projection. The second blade is partially disposed within the second passageway and is attached to the housing. The second blade has a second blade second end disposed a second distance from the projection that is different than the first distance.

Abstract: An electrical assembly includes a controller, a voltage tracker component, a clamp protection circuit, a plurality of analog inputs, and a plurality of pullups. The voltage tracker component may be electrically coupled to a battery. The clamp protection circuit may be electrically coupled between the voltage tracker component and the plurality of analog inputs. The plurality of pullups may be electrically coupled between the plurality of analog inputs and the clamp protection circuit. The clamp protection circuit may control power to the plurality of pullups and may provide a low impedance drain path for a short-circuit current from at least one analog input of the plurality of analog inputs.

Abstract: A contactor comprising a housing defining an interior; a first terminal disposed at least partially in the interior; a second terminal disposed at least partially in the interior; a shaft assembly disposed in the interior and movable between a first position and a second position to selectively electrically connect the first terminal with the second terminal, the shaft assembly including a movable circuit board; an electromagnet disposed in the interior to selectively move the shaft assembly; and a fixed circuit board disposed in the interior.

Abstract: An electrical assembly comprising a contactor including a first terminal and a second terminal; a first bus bar connected to the first terminal; a second bus bar connected to the second terminal; a first wire connected to the first terminal; a second wire connected to the second terminal; a third wire connected to the first bus bar or the first terminal; a fourth wire connected to the second bus bar or the second terminal; a first amplifier connected to the first wire and the third wire; and a second amplifier connected to the second wire and the fourth wire.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing a vehicle interior component may include creating a plurality of molten polymeric filaments, and applying a fluid stream to the molten filaments to impart the desired shape while in a bath to cool them to form a consolidated filament structure. An assembly, system, and method are provided for shaping a plurality of strands of a molten thermoplastic resin as a contoured unitary mesh product via at least one shaping conveyor. Another assembly, system, and method are provided for shaping a plurality of strands of a molten thermoplastic resin as a contoured unitary mesh product via an actuator assembly having one or more actuators.

Abstract: An air deflector may include a base, an aperture extending through the base, and/or a plurality of fins extending across the aperture. The fins are fixed relative to the base. The plurality of fins include at least three fins. A vehicle seat may include an air deflector, an air mover, a duct connected to the air mover and a tube portion of the air deflector, and an air distributor in fluid communication with the aperture.

Abstract: A fabric includes a first knit layer; a second knit layer; and spacer yarns extending between and connecting the first and second knit layers. The first knit layer includes a mesh fabric formed of a first yarn formation and a second yarn formation, with the mesh fabric defining a plurality of long openings and a plurality of short openings. The second knit layer includes pillar stitches and alternating stitches traversing alternating distances, which cooperate to form the second knit layer.

Abstract: A contact assembly includes a ferrule and a shield contact. The ferrule has a cable contact that is adapted to be connected to a shield of a coaxial cable. The shield contact has a plurality of contact arms that are adapted to engage an enclosure. The shield contact also has a ring portion that extends inside a portion of the ferrule. The contact assembly includes a plurality of retaining features that provide a press-fit between the ferrule and the shield contact.

Abstract: An armrest assembly for a vehicle seat includes an armrest body and a first shaft that extends from a first side of the armrest body along an armrest axis and is attached to the armrest body for relative rotational movement about the armrest axis. The armrest assembly also includes a second shaft that extends from a second side of the armrest body along the armrest axis and is attached to the armrest body for relative rotational movement about the armrest axis. A detent body is fixed on the first shaft and includes a first detent and a second a second detent. A stop is fixed on the armrest body. The stop is retained in the first detent when the armrest body is in a first position relative to the first shaft. The stop is retained in the second detent when the armrest body is in a second position relative to the first shaft.

Abstract: A seat assembly comprising a cushion including a first surface, a second surface, and a through aperture extending from the first surface to the second surface; a trim cover disposed on the first surface; a trim wire detachably connected to the second surface; and a coupling connecting the trim cover to the trim wire.

Abstract: An assembly comprises a seat bottom and a seat back pivotally attached to the seat bottom. The seat back is pivotal between a fold-forward position and an in-use position. A headrest is pivotally attached to the seat back by a tilt mechanism and is pivotal between a folded position and an upright position via the tilt mechanism. The tilt mechanism pivots the headrest forward to the folded position in response to the seat back being pivoted to the fold-forward position. A headrest-return mechanism is operably coupled to the seat back and to the headrest, wherein the headrest-return mechanism actuates the headrest such that the headrest is pivoted from the folded position to the upright position in response to the seat back being pivoted from the fold-forward position to the in-use position.

Abstract: A fluid valve assembly for a seat comprising a fluid bladder, the fluid valve assembly comprising: a valve housing at least partially defining a first fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet, and a first exhaust outlet; a diaphragm disposed at least partially in the valve housing and configured to flex between a first position and a second position according to a first fluid pressure difference between the first fluid inlet and the first fluid outlet.

Abstract: A wire seal cap includes a wire seal and a retainer. The retainer includes a retainer body. A first arm extends from the retainer body. A second arm extends from the retainer body. The first arm is free of contact with the second arm. The wire seal includes a seal body. The seal body surrounds a portion of the retainer body. A seal opening extends through the seal body.

Abstract: A headrest assembly, comprising a headrest comprising a post; a guide sleeve configured to at least partially receive the post; and an electrical assembly comprising: a first connector configured to slide within the guide sleeve; a plurality of first terminals disposed at least partially in the first connector; a second connector configured to engage the first connector; a plurality of second terminals disposed at least partially in the second connector and configured to engage the plurality of first terminals; and a retainer slidably coupled with the second connector and configured to lock the first connector with the second connector.

Abstract: An electrical assembly, comprising: a main current sensor; a main pyrotechnic fuse connected in series with the main current sensor; a first contactor connected in series with the main current sensor and the main pyrotechnic fuse; a first load circuit electrically connected to the first contactor and comprising: a first load current sensor; a first load pyrotechnic fuse; and a first control circuit comprising a first load pyrotechnic driver and a first load circuit aggregator; a second load circuit electrically connected to the first contactor in parallel with the first load circuit and comprising: a second load current sensor; a second load pyrotechnic fuse; and a second control circuit comprising a second load pyrotechnic driver and a second load circuit aggregator; and a local circuit.

Abstract: A cap assembly for an electrical pass-through includes a cap portion and a claw portion. The cap portion has a cap base that defines a cable axis. The cap portion has a plurality of angled lock surfaces and twist surfaces adjacent to the lock surfaces. The claw portion has a claw body with a claw opening that the cable axis extends through. The claw portion also has fingers that extend from the claw body towards the cap portion. The cap portion is movable relative to the claw portion to a locked position wherein each of the fingers engages one of the lock surfaces and is deflected toward the cable axis and each of the fingers engages one of the twist surfaces and is rotated relative to the claw base.

Abstract: A seat assembly, comprising: a seat back, comprising: a seat back frame; a cushion coupled with the seat back frame; a mounting bracket coupled with the seat back frame; and a radar system configured to generate a radar cone and coupled with the mounting bracket, the radar system comprising a radar sensor; wherein at least one of a size or a position of the radar cone is adjustable.

Abstract: A method for forming polyurethane foams for vehicle seat components in a molding apparatus is provided. The method includes a step of directing one or more polyol compositions into a mold. Each of the one or more polyol compositions includes a polyol, water, and a catalyst. The method also includes a step of directing an isocyanate composition into the mold, the isocyanate composition including one or more isocyanates. The one or more polyol compositions and the one or more isocyanates are combined into a reaction composition that forms a foamed vehicle seat component. Characteristically, the mold has a shape that defines a foamed vehicle seat component. Characteristically, either the one or more polyol compositions and/or the isocyanate composition includes a liquid antimicrobial agent that is a liquid at temperatures above 10° C.

Abstract: A system for moving cargo includes an in-vehicle conveyor system mounted in a vehicle cargo space, the in-vehicle conveyor system comprising one or more rails. The rails may be mounted to walls, floor, or ceiling of the vehicle cargo space. The system also includes one or more cargo storage units attached to the in-vehicle conveyor system. Each of the one or more cargo storage units is secured to the rails such that the one or more cargo storage units are raised with respect to a floor of the vehicle cargo space and define a circuit as based on a travel path of the one or more cargo storage units. Upon instruction, the cargo storage units are movable along the circuit to move a specified cargo storage unit to a predetermined location.