Patents Examined by Shin H Kim
  • Covering system for motor vehicle seat member and method for manufacturing such a covering system
    Patent number: 11597308
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a covering system for a motor vehicle seat member includes the steps of: providing a support, a cover and a pad; associating the support with the cover, the pad being left free between the support and the cover; and creating longitudinal seam lines, one on either side of the pad. The longitudinal seam lines join together the support and the cover. The longitudinal seam lines form straight segments, extending in a transverse direction towards the first pad, and join together the support, the cover, and the first pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Fabrice Lorenzi, Etienne Poulet, Jean-Yves Piederriere
  • Softness adjusting device for vehicle seat, vehicle seat, and vehicle
    Patent number: 11590867
    Abstract: A softness adjusting device for a vehicle seat is arranged under the seat cover of the vehicle seat and includes a soft inflatable bag and a valve component arranged outside the soft inflatable bag. The valve component includes a throttle valve and a one-way check valve. The throttle valve is configured to block or communicate a gas in the soft inflatable bag from or with an external air source. The one-way check valve provides a flow direction from outside to inside and is configured to fill the soft inflatable bag with the external air source when the pressure of the external air source is greater than air pressure in the cavity of the soft inflatable bag. The soft inflatable bag is filled with at least one flexible filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LANGFANG GOLDEN TIME TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haitao Zhang
  • Seat reclining mechanism with protective cover
    Patent number: 11590863
    Abstract: A seat reclining mechanism has a protective device at the shell. The shell has an inner cover and an outer cover with a support plate set therein. The upper part of the shell has a gap for accommodating the rotation of an arm of a rotating plate extends out of the gap. A fence plate cooperates with the arm to keep the gap closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Creative Cedar Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack Q. Xiao
  • Piece of seating and reclining furniture and method for adjusting a piece of seating and reclining furniture
    Patent number: 11583084
    Abstract: The invention relates to the adjustment of a piece of seating and reclining furniture with a seat and a backrest, in a positioning mode the seat and/or the backrest are optionally positioned in an upright basic position, a first reclining position or a second reclining position by means of at least one actuator and the seat and/or the backrest in an activatable relaxation mode being movable back and forth. The seat and/or the backrest is adjusted in the positioning mode as well as in the activatable relaxation mode between the first reclining position and the second reclining position by means of the same actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CIAR S.P.A.
    Inventor: Diego Loccioni
  • Tilt mechanism for lounge chair
    Patent number: 11583081
    Abstract: The device of the present invention allows a user to adjust the back of a chair to a desired reclining angle without having to physically stand up and manually adjust the back of the chair. More specifically, the tilting mechanism provides a remote control for the user to adjust the back of the chair through the touch of a button and moves the chair back from a first position to a second position as well as through a number of angles of inclination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Evan Rowland
  • Seat component for a vehicle seat and vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11571997
    Abstract: A seat component for a vehicle seat having at least one air outlet unit configured to be connected to an air supply. In order to be able to adapt a ventilation function of the vehicle seat individually to a contact area between the vehicle seat and a person sitting thereon, the air outlet unit has at least one flexible air guide funnel and at least one diaphragm valve which is arranged within the at least one flexible air guide funnel and which is connected to the at least one flexible air guide funnel in such a way that the diaphragm valve closes the air guide funnel when the air guide funnel is not deformed, and at least partially opens the air guide funnel when the air guide funnel is deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Jessica Rebecca Rausch, Volker Scheer, Maximilian Engelke, Marcel Mathissen
  • Quick release headrest removal assembly
    Patent number: 11572001
    Abstract: A headrest removal assembly is disclosed. The assembly may include a plunger including a plunger shaft and lever portion. The assembly may include a compressible spring coupled to the plunger and configured to surround at least a portion of the plunger shaft. The plunger configured to translate the stopper between at least a first position and a second position when a force is applied to the lever portion of the plunger to cause the plunger to compress a portion of the compressible spring within the cavity of the base to cause the stopper to disengage from the cavity within the headrest support plate to cause the headrest removal assembly to disengage from the headrest support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Kantner, Bobby W. Lawson, Jackson R Wanner
  • Seat usage prevention device
    Patent number: 11571070
    Abstract: A seat usage prevention device is disclosed. The seat usage prevention deice includes at least one device component being configured to interact with one or more seat components of a first seat. The device component is configured to prevent usage of at least one of a seat pan or seatback of the first seat. The device component further separates a second seat from at least a third seat, wherein the third seat is proximate to at least one of the first seat or the second seat. The seat usage prevention device may include a device component that further includes a cushion, a base, an amenity console, or a vertical separator, or combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Jefferey M. McKee, Travis Finlay, Glenn A. Johnson, Travis J. Vaninetti, Charles Martin Hansson
  • Vehicle seat for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11571998
    Abstract: A vehicle seat for a motor vehicle, with a seat frame that can be attached to a vehicle floor, with a seat part supported by the seat frame, and with a ventilating device that has at least one controllable air-conveying device and at least one air outlet device flow-connected to the air-conveying device. Provision is made that a seat part element that lengthens the seat part is mounted on the seat frame so as to be longitudinally movable relative to the seat part, and that the seat part element has the ventilating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Friederike Binner
  • Adjustable motor vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11571992
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat adjustable from an entry position to a use position or vice versa includes first, second and third structural components which are movable relative to each other, and a locking device configured to impede a movement of the second structural component relative to the third structural component, when the first structural element is unlocked by a movement relative to the second structural component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: FAURECIA AUTOSITZE GMBH
    Inventors: Artur Skoniecki, Grzegorz Lasak, Dariusz Radecki
  • System and method for adjusting properties of seat for vehicles
    Patent number: 11571999
    Abstract: A system for adjusting properties of a seat for a vehicle, may include thermoelement modules configured to have a structure in which a plurality of flexible thermoelements is connected by conductive wires to each other, and mounted in a seat foam pad of the seat; a property adjustment region input unit configured to select a property adjustment region of the seat foam pad; a property adjustment amount input unit configured to input a target property adjustment amount of the seat foam pad; and a controller connected to the thermoelement modules, the property adjustment region input unit and the property adjustment amount input unit, and configured to control an amount of current supplied to some or all of the flexible thermoelements according to output signals from the property adjustment region input unit and the property adjustment amount input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Intelligent sofa mechanical extension device
    Patent number: 11564498
    Abstract: The present application provides an intelligent sofa mechanical extension device, including a base, a driving component and an extension component, where the driving component and the extension component are disposed on the base. The driving component includes a motor and a motor guide rail that are disposed on the base. The motor guide rail is provided with a motor moving slider in a slidable manner. An end of the motor is connected to the moving slider. The moving slider is connected to a driving rod through a drive connector. The driving rod is disposed on the seat cushion support assemblies on the left and the right side. The extension component is driven to stretch or retract with back-and-forth movement of the motor moving slider along the motor guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DewertOkin Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Long Li, Bin Shen, Pengfei He, Liming Yang
  • Cable seat restraint
    Patent number: 11541830
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor. A seat is supported by the floor. The seat includes a seatback. An actuator is fixed relative to the floor. The actuator is spaced from the seat along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. A track is fixed relative to the floor and is disposed between the seat and the actuator. The track is elongated along the vehicle-longitudinal axis. A slider is disposed in the track. The slider is slidable relative to the track by the actuator to a deployed position. A cable includes a first end fixed relative to the seatback and a second end fixed relative to the slider. The cable is under tension when the slider is in the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Chair frame mechanism and chair having the same
    Patent number: 11540633
    Abstract: A chair frame mechanism and a chair having the same are provided. The chair frame mechanism includes a movable component, a chair bracket, a leg component, a back component and a sequence component. The movable component is connected with the chair bracket. The leg component and the back component are pivotally connected with the chair bracket, respectively, and the back component is connected with the movable component. The sequence component is connected with the movable component and the chair bracket, respectively, and connected with the leg component and the back component by transmission, respectively. The sequence component is capable of controlling the chair bracket to move relative to the movable component along a preset trajectory, and orderly controlling the leg component and the back component to extend or fold relative to the chair bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Xiaozhao Zhang
  • Ventilated seat integrated into vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system
    Patent number: 11535131
    Abstract: A ventilated seat, a vehicle including the ventilated seat, and a method of controlling airflow in a vehicle having a ventilated seat are provided. The ventilated seat includes a seat cushion assembly and an air duct configured to interface with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) module of the vehicle and provide conditioned air from the HVAC module to the seat cushion assembly. The HVAC module of the vehicle further provides conditioned air to an interior cabin of the vehicle through at least one air vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Graham Lloyd Feltham, Jake DeBoer, Kamalesh Bhambare
  • Rocker reclining mechanism for a rocker recliner rocking between the arms
    Patent number: 11528993
    Abstract: A rocker recliner is disclosed that has a pair of stationary arms; a seat disposed between the arms; an ottoman; a back coupled to the seat. A full-recline linkage mechanism couples the ottoman, the seat and the back and is operable to move the ottoman, the seat and the back between a closed position, a TV position and a fully reclined position. A rocker assembly is coupled between the full-recline linkage mechanism and the stationary arms that allows the seat, back and ottoman to rock between the stationary arms in any of the closed position, the TV position or the fully reclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Crum, Gregory Mark Lawson, Cheston Brett Crawford
  • Seating device
    Patent number: 11529898
    Abstract: A seating device includes a headrest movably connected to a seat body. An adjustment mechanism is provided to adjust the position of the headrest relative to the seat body. An operating unit has a driving member to actuate the adjustment mechanism, and a handle portion bending from the driving member. The driving member is movable between non-operative and operative positions. In the non-operative position, the handle portion abuts against the headrest, and the driving member is inoperative to actuate the adjustment mechanism. In the operative position, the handle portion protrudes outward from the headrest, and the driving member is able to actuate the adjustment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Xiao-Long Mo
  • Insert for integration into trim layer and providing conditioning
    Patent number: 11524614
    Abstract: An insert comprising: (a) a cover layer; (b) a spacer layer located below the cover layer; (c) a connection material that is adapted to extend between and connect the cover layer to a trim layer so that the insert is fixed to the trim layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GENTHERM GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Daniel Iacovone, Zoran Panic, Ricardo Edmundo Flores Gonzalez, Madalina Onica
  • Ventilated seat assembly with active air flow
    Patent number: 11524784
    Abstract: A ventilated seat assembly with active air circulation including a structural frame element, a cushion assembly supported by the structural frame element, a perforated dress cover, a conduit network embedded in the cushion assembly configured to direct air to at least one target region of the cushion assembly, an air mover coupled in fluid communication with the conduit network, and a controller operable for activating the air mover to cause air to flow through the conduit network to the at least one target region. In operation, the controller activates the air mover to flow air, such as unconditioned air, through the conduit network to be released through the dress cover in the at least one target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel I. Udriste, Samantha L. Huckabay, Peter A. Stahl, Catalin Bunea
  • Disengagement and reengagement mechanism on motorized seating unit for selective manual control
    Patent number: 11517109
    Abstract: A motorized positioning apparatus for a seating unit includes a motor assembly that is configured to move a pair of linkage mechanisms though a series of positions that arrange the seating unit in a closed position, open position, or extended position. The motor assembly is selectively and releasably coupled to the linkage mechanisms, to allow the motor assembly to be de-coupled from the linkage mechanisms to allow the seating unit to be manually closed by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Caleb Browning, Ronald D. Davis, Randy Ford, Vino Gopalakrishnan, David Purser