Patents Examined by Philip F Gabler
  • Patent number: 12221014
    Abstract: A child seat includes a tensioning mechanism that selectively applies tension to a seat belt to secure the child seat to a car seat. The child seat includes a base that defines a receiving region. The tensioning mechanism includes a bottom arm pivotably attached to the base within the receiving region and a top arm pivotably attached to the bottom arm. The tensioning mechanism is adjustable between a first configuration and a second configuration relative to the base. In both the first configuration and the second configuration, the tensioning mechanism defines a tortuous, nonlinear belt pathway. In the first configuration, the tensioning mechanism receives a portion of the seat belt, and in the second configuration, the tensioning mechanism applies tension to the portion of the seat belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Messner, Mitchell Shellenberger, Quentin G. Walsh, Brandon Hoover
  • Patent number: 12207739
    Abstract: A multi-functional chair and an exercise kit are provided. The multi-functional chair includes a seat body, a chair leg module, and the exercise kit. The exercise kit includes a plurality of fixing members, a fixing seat, a supporting structure, two pedal modules, and two springs. The supporting structure is connected to the fixing seat. Each of the pedal modules includes one of two rotating components, one of two connecting arms, and one of two pedals. One of the rotating components is rotatably connected to the supporting structure. One end of the connecting arms is fixed to the rotating component. One of the pedals is connected to another end of the connecting arms. One end of each of the two springs is fixed to the supporting structure, another end of each of the two springs are respectively fixed to each of the two connecting arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kuei-Yung Wang
  • Patent number: 12208712
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rotary top rod for being mounted on a safety seat. The rotary top rod includes a top rod body rotatably mounted on the safety seat, a locking assembly and an operating component, wherein the locking assembly includes a locking component and a fastening component, one of the locking component and the fastening component is mounted on the top rod body, the other one of the locking component and the fastening component is mounted on the safety seat, the locking component is engaged with the fastening component to fasten the top rod body to a predetermined position, the operating component is connected to the locking component, and the operating component is operated for driving the locking component so as to control engagement of the locking component and the fastening component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Xiaohong Xiao
  • Patent number: 12202392
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a seat element, in particular, a headrest for a vehicle seat, the seat element comprising at least one support bar made of metal, a first layer provided at an exterior surface of the support bar, and a cushion made of an upholstery material. Hereby, the first layer is formed by blowing on first fibers made of plastics which are thermally welded directly or indirectly to the exterior surface. At least part of the first fibers extends away from the exterior surface and/or the first layer towards the outside into the upholstery material and is thermally cross-linked with the upholstery material, in particular, blown-on further fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Faurecia Autositze GmbH
    Inventors: Anthony Maire, Claude Bour, Anne-Sophie Cabouillet, Egon Forster
  • Patent number: 12187371
    Abstract: A seat shock absorbing device provided by the present disclosure includes a seat cushion, a bracket fixed below the seat cushion, and an elastic component fixed on the bracket; the bracket is provided with a bent mounting part; the elastic component includes an annular gasket fixed on the inner side of the mounting part and a spring fixed on the inner side of the gasket; and the spring supports the seat cushion from the bottom. The bracket is separated from the elastic component using the gasket, so that collision caused by direct contact between the spring and the bracket can be effectively avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventor: Rongmei Hu
  • Patent number: 12179643
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a mounting bracket, a seat, a seatback, a first anchor, a second anchor, and a flexible member. The seat is coupled to the mounting bracket. The seatback is pivotably coupled to the mounting bracket. The first anchor is coupled to the seatback. The second anchor is coupled to the mounting bracket. The flexible member includes a first end coupled to the first anchor and a second end coupled to the second anchor such that the flexible member extends between the first anchor and the second anchor. A position of the first end of the flexible member within the first anchor changes as a function of an angular relationship between the seat and the seatback. A contour of the flexible member changes as a function of the angular relationship between the seat and the seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas J. Susko
  • Patent number: 12179645
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a child safety seat, which is for being installed on a vehicle seat. The child safety seat includes a base having an anchor part connected to the vehicle seat; a seat coupled to the base; a top rod fixed to the rear of the base; a tether assembly including a top tether and a tether fixing portion that are connected with each other, the top tether being connected with the top rod and the tether fixing portion being connected with the vehicle seat; and an alarm device including a switch which can be triggered when the top tether is tightened. The present disclosure also discloses a tether assembly and a support structure. The child safety seat can conveniently prompt that it is not correctly fixed, and can be conveniently fixed and adjusted, thereby improving the safety and riding comfort of the child safety seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Zhengwen Guo, Zongwang Cui, Xiaolong Mo, Ruyi Li, Kun Zhang, Zujian Liu, Yingzhong Chen
  • Patent number: 12172559
    Abstract: A baggage bar assembly may be provided for a passenger seat such as but not limited to an aircraft passenger seat. The baggage bar assembly includes a baggage bar and a support for supporting the baggage bar relative to the passenger seat. The support of the baggage bar assembly also allows for movement of the baggage bar relative to the passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Ali Mohiti Asli, Amen Omoragbon, Reza Mansouri
  • Patent number: 12172558
    Abstract: A conveyance seat accommodable in a recess of a floor includes: a seat cushion; a front leg portion which supports a front lower portion of the seat cushion and of which one end is rotatably fixed at the front lower portion of the seat cushion and the other end is detachably fixed at a position in front of the recess; a rear leg portion which supports a rear lower portion of the seat cushion and of which one end is rotatably fixed at the rear lower portion of the seat cushion and the other end is rotatably fixed to the floor inside the recess; and an arm portion of which one end is rotatably fixed to the rear leg portion and the other end is fixable to the floor at a position behind the other end of the rear leg portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takako Miyoshi, Takayuki Kobori, Akio Seya, Hiroki Shibayama, Kazuyoshi Iizuka, Ai Furuta, Kazuaki Mima, Yuichiro Hoshi, Tomohisa Chiba, Kensuke Mori, Hirokazu Onitsuka
  • Patent number: 12168494
    Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a saddle-type seat on which an occupant sits to straddle and a seat height adjustment unit which is attached below the seat and is able to adjust a height position of the seat. The seat height adjustment unit includes a rotation link which rotates together with the seat with respect to a chassis to adjust a height position of the seat, an upper link support member that is provided between the seat and the rotation link and is used so that an upper end portion of the rotation link is attached thereto, a lower link support member that is provided between the rotation link and the chassis and is used so that a lower end portion of the rotation link is attached thereto, and a flexible cover member that covers the rotation link from the outside in a front to back direction of the seat and a width direction of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12151758
    Abstract: An actuator device for a rider-posture changing apparatus of a human-powered vehicle comprises a cam follower and a cam member. The cam member is rotatable about a rotational axis. At least one of the cam follower and the cam member includes a curved surface contactable with another of the cam follower and the cam member to move the cam follower in a movement direction in response to a rotation of the cam member. The movement direction is different from a circumferential direction defined about the rotational axis. The curved surface has a curved shape in a first cross-section perpendicular to the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Toyoto Shirai, Yuki Sakagawa, Kiichiro Nagata
  • Patent number: 12145481
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle seat adjustment device including a seat-cushion-tilting frame disposed on a moving rail, the moving rail being coupled to a fixed rail so as to be movable forwards and backwards, and connected to a seatback frame, a tilting device hingedly coupled to a base bracket on the moving rail and to a rear end of the seat-cushion-tilting frame to perform forward tilting of the seat-cushion-tilting frame, a locking device connected to the tilting device to lock and unlock the tilting device, and a probe rotatably disposed between the seatback frame and the tilting device, the probe including a stopper capable of being inserted into a locking groove formed in the seatback frame. Rotation of the probe is restricted when the stopper is inserted into the locking groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Hwan Lee, Sang Do Park, Ho Suk Jung, Hyeok Seung Lee, Mu Young Kim, Chan Ho Jung, Jun Young Yun, Jun Sik Hwang, Jung Bin Lee, Won Yeong Lee, Cheol Hwan Yoon
  • Patent number: 12139057
    Abstract: A comfort assembly for a vehicle seat cushion, the comfort system includes a carrier having a thermal device; a spacer layer attached to the B-side of the carrier; and an effector device attached to the spacer layer so that the spacer layer is between the effector device and the B-side of the carrier; the effector device is attached to the carrier before the comfort assembly is installed onto an A-surface of the cushion of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: GENTHERM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrew Charles White, David Eisenbacher, Erich Doerfler, Igor Spasojevic, Ajay Murgod, Robert Falzon, Carmen D'Accriscio
  • Patent number: 12128805
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a seat of a vehicle, and a vibration generation device provided in the seat. The vibration generation device includes a housing, a diaphragm supported on the housing, an actuator attached to at least one of the housing and the diaphragm, and a sensor, including a detection electrode, and configured to detect a user approaching the detection electrode. The diaphragm and the detection electrode are famed by a common member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Sato, Toshiki Tachioka, Kaede Mochida
  • Patent number: 12122278
    Abstract: Disclosed is a headrest having a speaker, the headrest including: a headrest frame having a rear surface to which a driving module is coupled so that the headrest frame is movable forwards, rearwards, or vertically in response to operation of the driving module, the headrest frame having a front surface formed with a mounting space recessed rearwards; a speaker, inserted into the mounting space in the headrest frame, provided with an output portion facing forwards and outputting sound, the speaker having a rear side closed by the headrest frame; a foam pad, mounted on the front surface of the headrest frame so as to cover the headrest frame and the speaker, having formed therein a first through hole outputting sound forwards at a position corresponding to the output portion; and a covering configured to cover the front surface of the foam pad and forming the front exterior of the headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Young Sun Choi, Ji Hwan Kim, Seon Chae Na, Sang Ho Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Jae Ho Song, Won Kee Kim
  • Patent number: 12116071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a saddle for vehicles, such as bicycles, motorcycles and the like, including a seat component defining a support surface for a user as well as a fork component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Brooks England Limited
    Inventors: Barbara Bigolin, Marco Malfatti
  • Patent number: 12115892
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for adjusting a position of an armrest having a control panel for a vehicle, the apparatus in which an armrest assembly having a control panel is mounted on a side member of a seat cushion in a manner that is enabled to ascend and descend and in which the control panel is mounted on an armrest assembly in such a manner that a position in the backward-forward direction and a slope of the control panel are adjustable. With the apparatus, an armrest, a controller, and the like can be easily adjusted to desired positions and heights thereof according to an occupant's physical condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Ryung Lee, Seung Young Lee, Sang Ho Kim, Eom Seok Yoo, Jae Sung Lee, Yong Seong Jang
  • Patent number: 12109920
    Abstract: An adjusting device for a vehicle seat for adjusting a component of the vehicle seat, may have a tube, a motor and a pinion which is drivable by the motor. The motor and the pinion may be arranged in the tube. In addition, a vehicle seat may have a transverse tube, a component which is movable relative to the transverse tube and the adjusting device for adjusting the component relative to the transverse tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Kuntz, Van-Toan Ho, Frank Schlueter, Igor Gordeenko
  • Patent number: 12109921
    Abstract: A seat belt fixing device is provided. The seat belt fixing device includes a top rod body and a seat belt clamp. The top rod body is pivotally disposed and selectively locked to a seat. The seat belt clamp is disposed on the seat and includes a first clamping element and a second clamping element. The second clamping element is coupled to the top rod body for being rotated to a locked position to clamp a seat belt in conjunction with the first clamping element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Xiaohong Xiao
  • Patent number: 12097788
    Abstract: A vehicle seat frame includes a seat cushion frame, left and right links, a connection member, left and right slide rails, and left and right risers. The seat cushion frame includes left and right side frames. The left and right links each have a one end portion connected to respective front portions of the left and right side frames. The connection member connects the left and right links together in the seat left-right direction. The left and right slide rails are disposed below the left and right side frames and are attached to a floor section of the vehicle. The left and right risers are respectively attached to the left and right slide rails, are connected to respective other end portions of the left and right links, and are configured to be impacted by the connection member under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: NHK Spring Co., Ltd, Subaru Corporation, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Syunichirou Osa, Hiroki Matsuda, Jun Shirai, Masafumi Takano, Fumito Kitanaka, Kenji Nagumo, Suguru Ishikawa, Naoki Hayashi