Patents Examined by Milton Nelson, Jr.
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Patent number: 11958415Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with a seat pad formed of a foam material defining a seating surface for supporting an occupant and a rear surface opposite the seating surface. A speaker cavity for receiving a speaker assembly is formed in the pad and extends from the rear surface toward the seating surface. At least one speaker retention bracket is disposed in the speaker cavity. The retention bracket is co-molded with the pad so at least a portion of the retention bracket is encapsulated in foam material to retain the bracket in the cavity, the retention bracket having at least one retention feature extending within the cavity to cooperate with the speaker assembly and retain the speaker assembly in the pad. The speaker retention bracket is configured to mount a speaker assembly within the cavity to allow acoustic radiation to be transmitted through the foam material to a seated occupant.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LEAR CORPORATIONInventors: Frank Stöwesand, Klaus Lamecker, Martin Bahnemann, Holger Schrödersecker, Philipp Von Massow
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Patent number: 11958393Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle seat may have a structural component with multiple reinforcing ribs, a cushion layer, an insert layer which is arranged between the structural component and the cushion layer, at least one component which is secured to the structural component, and at least one securing device. The at least one securing device may secure both the insert part as well as the component to the structural component. A method for assembling such a seat assembly is also described. In one method step, the insert part is secured to the structural component by at least one securing device, and in the same method step or a subsequent method step or a preceding method step the at least one component is secured to the at least one securing device. A vehicle seat have such a seat assembly is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Adient US LLCInventor: Stephan Witte
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Patent number: 11944212Abstract: An infant care apparatus includes a base. A drive mechanism and a vibratory mechanism are coupled to the base. A movable stage is movably mounted to the base. An infant support is coupled to the movable stage. The drive mechanism imparts a first cyclic motion to the movable stage, and imparts a second cyclic motion to at least part of the movable stage independent of the first cyclic motion and to the vibratory mechanism so that the vibration motor vibrates the movable stage. The infant support is coupled to the movable stage and moves cyclically in both the first and second cyclic motions. The controller is configured to move the infant support in a selectably variable motion profile with selectable vibration modes selected from different selectably variable motion profiles and selectably different vibration modes for each of the different selectable variable motion profiles.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Thorley Industries, LLCInventor: Richard Juchniewicz
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Patent number: 11945352Abstract: A porous structural body 1 is made of flexible resin or rubber and includes a skeleton part 2 that defines a plurality of cell holes C, and a top skin part 6 that is formed on at least part of an outer side of the skeleton part 2 and integrated with the skeleton part 2 and at least part of an outer side of the top skin part 6 is a surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Archem Inc.Inventor: Taichi Itabashi
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Patent number: 11945389Abstract: The invention discloses a comfortable restraint system located in a vehicle incorporating an electronic braking system governed by a control unit, and including a safety belt configured by a textile strap and a chamber attached longitudinally on each side of the textile strap, and also including a permanent anchoring device which in turn includes means for the coupling of an anchor tongue and a number of connector outlets for the supply and extraction of compressed air via a compression system, the chambers being connected to the connector outlets by means of adaptors, in such a way that they connect pneumatically to the compression system, which is governed by the vehicle control unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SUMCAB INVERSIONES, S.L.Inventor: Manuel Romero Ricon
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Patent number: 11945551Abstract: A backrest adjustment structure for a boat seat includes a backrest and a bracket. A bottom of the bracket is rotatably connected to a seat of a boat. A back of the backrest is provided with at least two spaced pivot bases. An upper end of at least one of the pivot bases has an upper restricting portion. A pivot shaft is formed on a top of the bracket. The pivot shaft is rotatably pivoted between the pivot bases. The bracket is selectively engaged with the upper restricting portion. The leaning angle is adjustable, meeting the needs of players.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventor: Xizhen Lin
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Patent number: 11945351Abstract: A seat system for a vehicle including a flexible seatback structure and an adjustment device coupled thereto. The adjustment device is configured to alter a contour of a seating surface of the seatback structure by causing at least a portion of the seatback structure to move toward or away from the occupant of the seat system. The adjustment device includes at least one actuating element connected to a side portion of the seatback structure and an actuator.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Adient US LLCInventors: Xin Wei Jolene Ng, Joseph Gasko, Reinier Soliven
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Patent number: 11938852Abstract: A sensor disposition structure in a seat includes a cushion pad and a board-like member which is disposed under the cushion pad. A concave is formed in an upper surface of the board-like member, and a sensor is disposed in the concave.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Soichiro Kamei, Hiromi Taniguchi, Koji Onuma
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Patent number: 11938851Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
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Patent number: 11918121Abstract: A chair for particular use in clinical or hospital environments has a frame to which a support material is secured. The support material may form a chair back and/or a seat for the chair to provide support to the chair occupant. The support material may be made from a textile of interwoven strands wherein some of the interwoven strands include copper containing particles, such as copper iodide or copper oxide within the textile fibers.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Via. Inc.Inventor: John Charles Hepler
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Patent number: 11918106Abstract: A picnic table includes first and second structures detachably connected to each other by linking assemblies. One of the first and second structures is a table and the other of the first and second structures is a bench. A linking assembly includes a linking member, which has a first end portion connected to the first structure and a second end portion detachably connected to the second structure. When the second end portion is disconnected from the second structure, the linking member is retractable or rotatable toward the first structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
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Patent number: 11918105Abstract: A picnic table includes first and second structures detachably connected to each other by linking assemblies. One of the first and second structures is a table and the other of the first and second structures is a bench. A linking assembly includes a linking member, which has a first end portion connected to the first structure and a second end portion detachably connected to the second structure. When the second end portion is disconnected from the second structure, the linking member is retractable or rotatable toward the first structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
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Patent number: 11912180Abstract: An impact absorption assembly for a seat back is provided having a deformation zone as least partially disposed above a top surface of a seat back structure. The deformation zone deforms plastically upon an impact from a rearward direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: LEAR CORPORATIONInventors: Harald Fischer, Jaroslav Solc, Ulrich Schneider, Raphael Markert, Dorit Bachmann, Sybille Bruns
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Patent number: 11912232Abstract: A seat-belt heating assembly and a seat are provided. The seat-belt heating assembly includes a safety belt body and a safety-belt heating mechanism. The safety belt heating mechanism connected to the safety belt body. The seat includes a safety belt body, a seat body, a heating component, and a control component. The heating component includes a heating mechanism provided in the safety belt body. In the use state, the heating mechanism has one end terminating in the safety belt body at the front end of the fixing member, and the other end terminating in the safety belt body at the front end of the retractor. The control component includes an ECU heating controller, a safety-belt heating switch, and an insertion detection unit configured to detect whether the latch is inserted into the buckle. Each of the safety-belt heating switch, the insertion detection unit, and the heating mechanism is connected to the ECU heating controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: LANGFANG GOLDEN TIME TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Haitao Zhang
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Patent number: 11912183Abstract: A shaft locking mechanism includes a rack disposed on a translating shaft and a toothed locking lever disposed on a corresponding translation post. The toothed locking lever engages the rack in a locked orientation to prevent the shaft translating within the translation post. The toothed locking lever is disengaged during translation and the shaft may be translated and locked in place with very granular adjustability. A control rod release mechanism may be biased to maintain the toothed locking lever in the locked orientation. A cam feature on the toothed locking lever engages the body of the control rod which defines a recessed portion that coincides with the cam while in an unlocked orientation.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: AMI Industries, Inc.Inventor: Douglas E. Hoover
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Patent number: 11904741Abstract: An adjustment mechanism of nursery equipment includes a string connecting a fixed portion and a movable portion, a reel that is rotatable in both forward and reverse directions and that changes the position or shape of the movable portion by winding up and feeding out the string, a biasing member that biases the reel in such a way that the reel rotates in a winding direction of the string, and a lock member that prohibits rotation of the reel. A biasing force of the biasing member is selected to be smaller than a biasing force with which the movable portion tends to move downward in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Yuji Shibata, Tadashi Nishikawa, Tomoyuki Honda
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Patent number: 11903492Abstract: A light-emitting seat includes a seat body, a strip light module, a skin layer, and a power supply assembly. The seat body includes a chair frame and a plurality of bandages disposed on the chair frame. The strip light module includes a strip light and a light guide material layer covering the strip light, and the strip light module is disposed on the bandages. The skin layer covers the seat body (1) and the strip light module, and at least an area of the skin layer covering the strip light module is made of light-transmitting material. The power supply assembly is electrically connected to the strip light to supply energy. In the invention, the strip light is covered by the light guide material layer, so the light is refracted in the light guide material layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: DAKANG HOLDING CO., LTD.Inventors: Rujia Mao, Xiaoyu He, Guofei Yuan, Haitao Ouyang
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Patent number: 11904747Abstract: A vehicle seat includes right and left side frames 10, and an elastic member (cushion spring 20) run between the right and left side frames 10. The right and left side frames 10 include side walls 11 disposed opposite to each other in a lateral direction, and flange portions (upper flange portions 12) respectively extending laterally inward from the side walls 11, and the elastic member is attached to the flange portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Teppei Ito
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Patent number: 11896142Abstract: Parents are always looking for ways to maximize the time spent on developing their baby's motor, communication, and sensory skills. The various embodiments of this invention gives parents a safe and secure alternative to the standard position of a baby while in an infant bucket seat. Baby can easily be turned around to experience all of the benefits of tummy time while parents shop, walk, or simply stay stationary.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventor: Lauren Patricia Venostini
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Patent number: 11897378Abstract: A ventilated molded seat trim cover for a vehicle seat and a ventilated vehicle seat having a ventilated molded seat trim cover, comprising a stacked assembly of an upper textile layer, a first adhesive layer, an air permeable polyurethane cellular foam interlayer thermo-moldable at temperatures between about 104° C. and about 127° C., a second adhesive layer, a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film, a third adhesive layer, and a scrim backing layer. The stacked assembly is compression molded in a 3-dimensional mold while at least a portion of the foam interlayer is heated to a temperature between about 104° C. and about 127° C. to form the ventilated molded seat trim cover. The TPU film prevents airflow passing through a bottom surface of the seat trim cover. Airflow in the foam interlayer can pass through the upper textile layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Magna Seating Inc.Inventors: Bruno D Carraro, Eric Kozlowski, Craig Prasatek, Cynthia Puchalski