Patents Assigned to Lear Corporation
  • ELECTRICAL UNIT
    Publication number: 20230047395
    Abstract: An electrical unit and method of assembly that includes a base housing having a plurality of sides and an opening in one of the sides configured to receive a wire therethrough, and a cover configured to mate with the base housing, defining an internal chamber therebetween. A power distribution box is disposed within the internal chamber, at least one electrical connector is disposed at least partially within the internal chamber, operatively engaging the power distribution box, and extending through the opening, and a universal sealing plate that is selectively mountable on each side of the power distribution box and mounted to align with and seal against sides of the opening and at least a portion of the electric connector extending through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Darr, Peter Kowtun
  • Wide high voltage-input range DC-DC converter
    Patent number: 11575326
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes a first switching network that receives an input DC voltage and outputs a first AC voltage, a transformer, and a secondary side conversion circuit. The first switching network receives an input DC voltage. The transformer includes a middle-point primary tap such that when the input DC voltage is in a low voltage range, the middle-point tap of the transformer primary is connected to the input DC voltage causing current to flow through the first plurality of primary windings in parallel to current flowing through the second plurality of primary windings and when the input DC voltage is in a high voltage range, the middle-point tap is disconnected from the input DC voltage causing current to flow through the first plurality of primary windings in series with current flowing through the second plurality of primary windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Rafael Jimenez Pino, Pablo Gaona Rosanes, Hector Sarnago Andia, Oscar Lucia Gil
  • DELIVERY VEHICLE HAVING A PACKAGE POSITIONING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230034702
    Abstract: A delivery vehicle having a cargo area and a package positioning system that includes a moveable panel. The moveable panel may move a package in the cargo area. In at least one configuration, the panel may be mounted to first and second cassettes that are moveably disposed in first and second rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Orsini, Lea Thomas Smith, Dave Anderson, Dhananjay Ingale, Jochen Kohlhofer
  • Seat adjuster
    Patent number: 11564499
    Abstract: A seat adjuster may include a support member and a fluid bladder. The support member may have a first end and a second end. The first end and the second end may be connectable to a seat frame such that the support member is disposed at least partially below a suspension portion of said seat frame. The fluid bladder may be disposed at least partially between the support member and said suspension portion. The fluid bladder may be configured to support said suspension portion. A change or adjustment of a volume of the fluid bladder may change or adjust the support provided to said suspension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Freeman Lea, Darren Legh, David Jordan, Pete Ford, Chris Morrison, Antony Baxter, Chris J. Edwards
  • SPRING PIN TERMINALS FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY THAT PROVIDES MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TWO ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20230024376
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing defining an interior space and a slot and a spring pin terminal disposed within the slot of the housing. The spring pin terminal includes a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and an intermediate portion that extends between the first contact portion and the second contact portion. The first contact portion includes a contact point that engages a first electrically conductive structure and a retention force support that engages a portion of the intermediate portion of the spring pin terminal. The second contact portion includes a contact point that engages a second electrically conductive structure and a retention force and alignment support that engages the intermediate portion of the spring pin terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventor: Hyoun Lee
  • Electrical assembly
    Patent number: 11558963
    Abstract: An electrical assembly may include a contactor, a bus bar connected to the contactor, a bracket connected to the bus bar, a flexible circuit electrically connected to the contactor, and/or a cooling member connected to the bracket. A method of assembling an electrical assembly may include disposing a flexible circuit at least partially on and/or in the bracket, connecting a bus bar with the one or more contactors, connecting the bus bar with the bracket, electrically connecting the flexible circuit to the one or more contactors, disposing a cooling member on or about the bracket, and/or connecting the cooling member with the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Greg Dickerhoof, Matthew Zamieski, Aric Anglin, Robert M. Schmidt, Rutunj Rai
  • Sound system
    Patent number: 11558683
    Abstract: A sound system includes a seat including a seatback having a first dipole subwoofer, a second dipole subwoofer, a first speaker, and a second speaker; and a seat bottom having a third speaker. The first dipole subwoofer, the second dipole subwoofer, the first speaker, the second speaker, and/or the third speaker may be configured to receive audio signals from a receiver and provide sound corresponding to the audio signals toward an occupant position of the seat. The third speaker may be directed toward the seat back. The first dipole subwoofer, the second dipole subwoofer, the first speaker, the second speaker, and/or the third speaker may be configured to provide a sound zone for said occupant that facilitates (i) hearing of the sound by said occupant, and/or (ii) limiting transmission of the sound beyond the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Arjun Yetukuri, David A. Hein, Kim Krulek, Peter Festag, Stefan Willems, Mladen Humer
  • Anti-submarine arrangement for a vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11554696
    Abstract: An anti-submarine arrangement for a vehicle seat includes an elongated member pivotably attached between opposing members of a seat bottom support structure. A leg is fixedly attached to the elongated member and pivotably attached to a structural portion of the vehicle seat. The elongated member is rotatable forward and downward relative to the structural portion of the vehicle seat. A damper arrangement is attached to the leg and to the structural portion of the vehicle seat. The damper arrangement opposes a forward and downward rotation of the elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Hu, Junjie Mo, Suhua Zhou, Jianliang Ma, Rahul Deshmukh, Yue Zuo
  • Seat assembly
    Patent number: 11554703
    Abstract: A seat assembly may include a seat, a first bladder assembly connected to the seat, a second bladder assembly connected to the seat, and/or an electrical control unit (ECU) configured to independently control the first bladder assembly and the second bladder assembly. The ECU may be configured to maintain a level of inflation of the first bladder assembly to provide a hugging effect to a user of the seat while inflating and deflating the second bladder assembly to guide breathing of said user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Francesco Migneco, David Gallagher
  • Converter module with phase shift
    Patent number: 11557978
    Abstract: A converter module is provided with a first power delivery circuit, a second power delivery circuit, and a controller. The first power delivery circuit supplies current from a first direct current (DC) source to a resonant stage in a first direction. The first power delivery circuit comprises at least two first switches. The second power delivery circuit supplies the current from the first DC source to the resonant stage in a second direction, opposite the first direction. The controller includes memory, and a processor that is programmed to: enable the first power delivery circuit and the second power delivery circuit alternately to provide power as a periodic waveform to the resonant stage; and disable the at least two first switches individually in a sequence to generate a phase shift in the periodic waveform and to disable the first power delivery circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Adria Marcos Pastor, Victor Saborido Rodriguez, Antonio Martinez Perez, Josep Maria Bosque Moncusi, Luis Roda Cornejo
  • ELECTRICAL TERMINAL WITH CRIMPED CONNECTION TO A FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLE
    Publication number: 20230007908
    Abstract: An electrical terminal includes a contact portion that is adapted to engage a complementary contact and is connected to a transition portion. The electrical terminal also includes a crimp portion. The crimp portion includes a crimp base that extends in a first crimp direction from the transition portion to a base end. Two first crimp wings are located on opposite sides of the crimp base and extend in a second crimp direction. The first crimp wings are separated from each other by a width. Two second crimp wings are also located on opposite sides of the crimp base and extend in the second crimp direction. The second crimp wings are also separated from each other by the width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventor: Albert M. CABAÑERO
  • Seat assembly
    Patent number: 11548419
    Abstract: A seat assembly having a seat bottom, a seat back, a seat track, and a rear mounting unit. The seat bottom may be pivotally mounted to the seat back. The seat back may be pivotally mounted to the rear mounting unit. The rear mounting unit may be moveably disposed on the seat track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Antoine Moulin, Patrick Faye, Thibaud Condamin
  • System and method for enhanced single-stage onboard charger with integrated rectifier
    Patent number: 11552557
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a vehicle battery charger is provided. At least one transformer includes a first winding and a second winding on a primary side of the transformer that are connected to one another to form a middle point. The middle point of the at least one transformer receives an input voltage signal from a mains supply. A half-bridge rectifier receives the input voltage signal from the mains supply to enable the middle point of the least one transformer to receive the input voltage signal from the mains supply. A first active bridge includes a first plurality of switching devices to receive a first input signal directly from the first winding and to receive a second input signal directly from the second winding. The first input signal and the second input signal are out of phase with one another to minimize electromagnetic interference within the vehicle battery charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Pablo Gaona Rosanes, Rafael Jimenez Pino, Oscar Lucia Gil, Hector Sarnago Andia
  • Seat console assembly
    Patent number: 11541784
    Abstract: A seat assembly is provided with a seatback having a forward surface to support an upper body of an occupant and an upper console portion formed on a rear surface of the seatback. The seatback pivots at a seatback pivot axis to a use position where the seatback extends generally horizontal. A bottom cushion has an upward surface to support a lower body of the occupant. The cushion pivots at a cushion pivot axis to an access position to access a lower console formed along an interior surface of the seat bottom cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael R. Powell, Karl Henn, Paul S. Severinski, Wee Tzee Gam, Anthony James Mollica, Louella Ann Patterson
  • Electrical assembly
    Patent number: 11547024
    Abstract: An electrical assembly may include a first contactor, a second contactor, a bus bar assembly electrically connected to the first contactor and the second contactor, a cooling member, a bracket configured to connect the cooling member to the first contactor and the second contactor, and/or potting material that may be disposed at least partially between the bus bar assembly and the cooling member. A method of assembling an electrical assembly may include disposing the first contactor and the second contactor on a fixture, connecting the bus bar assembly to the first contactor and the second contactor, connecting the bracket to the bus bar assembly, the first contactor, and/or the second contactor, connecting the cooling member to the bracket, and/or providing the potting material between the bus bar assembly and the cooling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Rutunj Rai, Daniel Jilg, Aric Anglin, Parminder Brar, Michael S. Duco, Zheyuan Ding
  • Actuator
    Patent number: 11536256
    Abstract: An actuator includes a sliding body moveable along a guide between a rest position and a retracted position, a spring resting on a support body and acting to exert a bias force urging the sliding body to the rest position, and a SMA wire having opposite ends being mechanically and electrically connected to a respective one of two stationary contacts and forming a loop between the opposite ends which is connected to the sliding body, wherein the SMA wire is arranged to, when activated by electric energy supply, pull the sliding body away from the rest position to the retracted position, wherein the guide is fixed to a first end portion, the support body is fixed to an intermediate portion, and a contact holding body, in which the two contacts are incorporated, is fixed to a second end portion of a mounting bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank Dankbaar, Anders Grönhage
  • Connection arrangement for tubular members
    Patent number: 11535133
    Abstract: A connection arrangement for tubular members may include a latch arrangement having a latch hook attached to a first tubular member and a striker arrangement attached to a second tubular member. The striker arrangement may include a transverse member extending transverse to the length of the second tubular member. The transverse member may be positioned proximate to the latch hook when an end of the first tubular member is positioned adjacent to an end of the second tubular member such that rotation of the latch hook engages the transverse member and effects a clamping force between the first tubular member and the second tubular member in a direction transverse to the rotational axis of the latch hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua Hallock, David Abdella, Sam Blair
  • Vehicle system for providing access to removable vehicle components
    Patent number: 11537197
    Abstract: A vehicle system for providing access to removable vehicle components may include one or more vehicles having customizable configurations and configured for selective connection with a plurality of removable components, an electronic device associated with a user, and/or a computer server configured to communicate with the electronic device. The electronic device may be configured to facilitate user selection of one or more removable components of the plurality of removable components for the one or more vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Raúl Ricart, Antoni Ferré Fàbregas
  • Electrical Terminal and Electrical Connector Assembly for Electrically Conductive Structures
    Publication number: 20220407258
    Abstract: Electrical term finals and electrical connector assemblies for electrically conductive structures are described. An example electrical terminal has a terminal head and an electrical contact. The electrical contact extends from the terminal head and has a lengthwise axis and a spring finger contact. The spring finger contact is movable relative to the terminal head and has a cantilever portion and a contact portion. The cantilever portion extends away from the terminal head and away from the lengthwise axis of the electrical contact. The contact portion extends from the cantilever portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar Michael Racho, Lewis Galligan
  • TRIM COVER ASSEMBLY WITH BEZEL SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20220402416
    Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat cushion having an external surface and defining a recess therein, the recess being open to the external surface and being sized to receive one or more bezel components and a trim cover assembly disposed over the seat cushion. The trim cover assembly includes a trim cover having an A-side as an occupant surface and a B-side, opposite the A-side, facing the external surface of the seat cushion, with the trim cover defining a cover opening therethrough generally corresponding to the recess in the seat cushion. The trim cover also has a plurality of flaps spaced about the cover opening, with each flap having an inner portion towards the cover opening and an outer portion opposite the inner portion. The trim cover assembly also includes a bezel support member having an A-surface contacting the B-side of the trim cover, and a B-surface opposite the A-surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Wenjuan YANG, Yong YANG, Qun LIU, Shaoying CHEN