Patents Examined by Syed A. Islam
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Patent number: 11772523Abstract: An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination is made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a reclining mechanism as one example of an angle changer which changes an angle of a seat back of the driver seat with respect to a horizontal plane, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a seat controller as one example of an angle controller which controls the angle changer such that the angle of the seat back becomes closer to be perpendicular as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer is higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshito Hirata, Tomonori Ohtsubo, Hiroki Uemura, Kengo Iwata, Masato Maeda, Hiroaki Matsuda, Masahito Kashihara, Chieko Nakagami
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Patent number: 11772526Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat base and a seat back which together define a first outboard seating section, a second outboard seating section, and a center seating section. A center seat back of the center seating section is defined by a service door and a removable panel provided beneath the service door in a height direction of the vehicle seat. The service door is connected to one of the seat base and the seat back at a first hinged connection. The center seat back is configured to have a fold down, service position where the service door pivoted at the first hinged connection is located above the seat base to provide access to an area rearward the seat back in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seat. The service door is prevented from moving to the fold down, service position with the panel located beneath the service door.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Junichi Suzuki, Fernando M. Rosero, Eric D. Daume, Yosuke Nishimura
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Patent number: 11772531Abstract: A supplemental passive safety apparatus is provided which benefits known technology for detecting traffic emergencies. The apparatus may contain a movable rectangular frustum which interacts with rigid crossbars to control middle pivot joints responsible for adjusting location of horizontal support bottom panels with a cushion. An alternative apparatus may contain a rope traveling through a double flanged wheel mounting to a pneumatic cylinder instead of a rigid crossbar interacting with a movable rectangular frustum. Simultaneously with an opening of an automatic valve, compressed air is transmitted from a cartridge to a pneumatic cylinder causing a piston with rod to move toward a front crossbar. The rigid crossbar in one version or rope in an alternative version release a pivot joint controlling location of horizontal support bottom seat panels with cushion.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2023Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Richard Swierczewski
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Patent number: 11766961Abstract: Provide are a device for adjusting softness of a vehicle seat, a device for adjusting comfort of a seat, and a vehicle seat. The device for adjusting softness of a vehicle seat has at least one soft inflatable bag that can be integrated in the seat. The soft inflatable bag is connected with at least one air path. The soft inflatable bag is filled with a flexible filler. Gas is charged into or discharged from the soft inflatable bag through the air path to adjust the softness of the surface of the seat. The soft inflatable bag is provided therein with a height limiting structure configured to limit the partial expansion height of the soft inflatable bag when inflated.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: LANGFANG GOLDEN TIME TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Haitao Zhang
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Patent number: 11752911Abstract: An occupant support includes a seat bottom, a seat back, and a cam. The seat bottom includes a side frame member. The seat back includes a headrest configured to fold about a headrest fold axis. The side frame member is rotatably coupled to the seat back and configured to rotate relative to the seat back about a side frame rotation axis. The cam is coupled to the side frame member and coupled to the headrest such that rotation of the cam causes the headrest to rotate about the headrest fold axis. Rotation of the cam about the side frame rotation axis relative to the seat back causes the cam to pull a connecting member which causes the headrest to rotate about the headrest fold axis to a folded position. The rotation of the headrest about the headrest fold axis occurs during the occupant support folding movement.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLCInventors: Sachin Ubale, Alex Giuro
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Patent number: 11738675Abstract: A functional apparatus for a vehicle seat having at least one expansion member having at least one cavity, the volume of which can be changed, at least in part, by a fluid which can flow into and out of said cavity, a fluid reservoir comprising at least one cavity being provided, which cavity is connected in a fluid-conducting manner to the cavity of the expansion member. The fluid reservoir cooperates with an actuator assembly by means of which the cavity of the fluid reservoir can be actively compressed, with at least partial displacement of the fluid contained therein into the cavity of the expansion member.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Faurecia Autositze GmbHInventors: Jérémie Therry, Tomasz Stasinski, Piotr Ceglarek, Robert Grzeslo
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Patent number: 11737565Abstract: A quickly installed headrest adjustment device includes a mount case connected to the chair back and includes a recessed area, an engaging hole, a latch and a first contact face on the rear side of the chair back. The engaging hole is located between the two side slots and defined through the inner bottom of the recessed area. The latch is connected to the inner top side of the engaging hole and includes a bottom face which protrudes beyond the engaging hole and faces the inner side of the recessed area. An adjustment device is mounted to the rail and includes a second contact face facing the first contact face, two ridges, and a block. The block is located between the two ridges. The users can connect the adjustment device to the mount case of the chair back to quickly install the headrest unit to the chair back.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Inventor: Wen-Ping Hsieh
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Patent number: 11738668Abstract: An infant car seat includes a seat base and a stability leg. The stability leg is rotatably disposed under the seat base. The stability leg includes an upper leg tube, a rotary member and a first latch. The upper leg tube includes at least one opening. The rotary member includes a pivoting portion and an encircling portion. The pivoting portion is rotatably connected to the seat base. The encircling portion is connected to the pivoting portion and slidably disposed on the upper leg tube. The first latch is disposed on the rotary member, and adapted to detachably engage with the at least one opening for constraining a movement between the rotary member and the upper leg tube.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Andrew Ma, Kyle S. Mason
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Patent number: 11730270Abstract: A backrest having features that support proper sitting posture of a user to improve back health and posture may be utilized. The backrest may include a front wall with wings extending to the left and right and diagonally forward to reduce Kyphosis of a user when sitting against the backrest. A combination of the front wall and wings may causing the user's (i) back ribs to be raised and gently tilted forward and (ii) thoracic spine region to be gently thrusted forward. By thrusting the thoracic spine region and raising and tilting the back ribs, a user's abdominal cavity may be expanded, and thereby reinforcing the ideal positioning of the cervical spine so that the user's head naturally positions on axis and does not “dump” forward.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventor: Richard Gleason
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Patent number: 11718210Abstract: A ventilated seat system for a vehicle includes a seating assembly including a seatback operably coupled to a seat base. A blower is coupled to the seating assembly. The blower generates a sound transmission when activated. The blower includes a housing defining an inlet and an outlet. A first metamaterial silencer is coupled to an interior surface of the housing proximate to the inlet, and a second metamaterial silencer is coupled to the interior surface of the housing proximate to the outlet. Each of the first metamaterial silencer and the second metamaterial silencer reduces the sound transmission generated by the blower.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLCInventors: Brian Boland, Michael Steven Medoro, Andres Almeida Senatore, Otis Allen, Dylan Mandelbaum, Siddharthan Selvasekar, Sydney Puckett
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Patent number: 11718207Abstract: An infant car seat is adapted for being installed on a seat carrier. The infant car seat includes a seat shell, a latch, a release unit, and a resilient member. The seat shell is formed with a receiving space having an opening. The latch is disposed in the receiving space, and is adapted for engaging with a ledge of the seat carrier. The release unit includes an actuating member operable to drive the latch to move from a rest position, where a portion of the latch protrudes out of the opening for engaging with the ledge of the seat carrier, to a retracted position, where the latch is retracted into the receiving space. The resilient member is connected between the seat shell and the latch for biasing the latch toward the rest position.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Kyle S. Mason, Colin F. Eggert-Crowe
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Patent number: 11717087Abstract: The present chair includes a scissoring straight leg and oblique support mechanism such that the chair may be folded between open and closed forms. The straight legs include lower feet and upper hubs. The oblique supports extend between the lower feet and upper hubs. The lower feet include structures that provide character to the folding chair.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Regalo International, LLCInventors: Mark A. Flannery, William D. Butterfield
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Patent number: 11712089Abstract: A harness system includes an upper buckle, an upper strap and a restraining assembly including an anti-sliding structure and a beam structure. A through slot is formed on the upper buckle. The upper strap passes through the through slot. The beam structure is slidably disposed on the upper buckle. The anti-sliding structure is disposed on at least one of the beam structure and a wall of the through slot. The upper strap is engaged by the anti-sliding structure for restraining a sliding movement of the upper buckle relative to the upper strap and toward a shoulder portion when the upper strap is forced to drive the beam structure to slide relative to the upper buckle and toward the wall of the through slot.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventors: Yen-Lin Lee, Kai-Wen Cheng, Chih-Wei Wang
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Patent number: 11712986Abstract: To provide a seat adjustment device capable of flexibly changing a shape of a seat. A seat adjustment device for adjusting a shape of a seat includes a pad including an elastomer, and airbags disposed on a front surface and a rear surface of the pad. The airbags are adjustable in amount of air therein. The airbags include a first airbag disposed on one of the front and rear surfaces and of the pad, and a second airbag disposed on the other. The first airbag is longer than the second airbag in a direction substantially perpendicular to the front and rear surfaces of the pad. The second airbag is longer than the first airbag in a direction substantially parallel to the front and rear surfaces of the pad.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumiya Makiguchi, Masakazu Okada
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Patent number: 11712988Abstract: A vehicle seat having a backrest and a seat part, as well as at least one sidewall arranged on the backrest or on the seat part, the sidewall having two support portions that are coupled together, by a coupling means, and are movable relative to one another, between which support portions at least one hollow body that can be filled with fluid is arranged, the relative position of the two support portions with respect to one another, and thus the outside contour of the sidewall, being variable by filling or emptying the at least one hollow body. The coupling means is designed such that, upon filling or emptying of the at least one hollow body, the two support portions are variable relative to one another, both in translation and in their angular position.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Faurecia Autositze GmbHInventors: Piotr Ceglarek, Robert Grzeslo, Tomasz Stasinski
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Patent number: 11712985Abstract: An air bag includes a bag portion formed by bonding two sheet members together. The bag portion includes an expansion portion including an annular joining portion extending in an annular shape, and a passage portion including a pair of parallel linear joining portions and connected to the expansion portion. Air filled in the bag portion flows through an internal space of the expansion portion surrounded by the annular joining portion and a passage sandwiched between the linear joining portions defining the passage portion. At a connection portion between the expansion portion and the passage portion, the linear joining portions extend in parallel, or the linear joining portions extend so as to expand toward a deep side of the passage from an opening position of the passage with respect to the internal space of the expansion portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Ogiso, Tomoko Kanbara, Satoshi Masuda
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Patent number: 11696645Abstract: A removable headrest for a gaming chair includes a headrest arranged on the top of a chairback of the gaming chair. The headrest includes a headrest frame, a headrest bottom support frame, and a headrest padding. The headrest frame and the headrest bottom support frame are tightly connected. The chairback includes a chairback frame, a chairback top support frame, and a chairback covering. The chairback frame, the chairback top support frame, and the headrest are all arranged in the chairback covering. An installation plate is arranged on the headrest bottom support frame, and the installation plate extends to the outside of the headrest padding. The installation plate and the chairback top support frame are respectively provided with installation holes matched with each other, and the installation plate and the chairback top support frame are tightly connected through the installation holes. The headrest frame and the chairback frame are smoothly connected.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2023Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: HONG KONG WUDI INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO., LIMITEDInventor: Peng Wu
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Patent number: 11696649Abstract: A child seat includes a seat portion, a backrest frame pivotally connected with the seat portion, a front guard extending transversally above the seat portion and having a side end portion pivotally connected with the seat portion, the front guard being rotatable relative to the seat portion between an unfolded position and a folded position, and a folding mechanism including a latch connected with the seat portion, the latch being movable relative to the seat portion and the front guard to engage and disengage the side end portion of the front guard, the latch being engaged with the side end portion for locking the front guard in the unfolded position and disengaged from the side end portion for unlocking the front guard.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventor: Zhiren Zhong
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Patent number: 11691550Abstract: A seat cover for a vehicle may include a lower or bench portion sized and configured to extend over a horizontally-oriented top of a bench of a vehicle seat. The lower portion may include a first section and a second section separated by a slit. The seat cover for the vehicle may also include an upper or backrest portion coupled to the lower portion. The upper portion may be sized and configured to extend upwardly over a backrest of the vehicle seat. The seat cover may be divided into vertical sections that correspond to the seats of a bench seat in a vehicle. One or more of the vertical sections may be removable to accommodate movement of the vehicle seats.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Inventor: James Umlauf
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Patent number: 11691543Abstract: An infant car seat includes a seat base and a stability leg. The stability leg includes an upper leg tube, a middle leg tube, a lower leg tube, a rotary member, a first latch and a second latch. The middle leg tube includes at least one hole. The lower leg tube includes at least one opening. The rotary member is assembled with the seat base and affixed to the upper leg tube. The first latch is disposed on a bottom of the upper leg tube and adapted to detachably engage with the at least one hole for constraining a movement between the upper leg tube and the middle leg tube. The second latch is disposed on a bottom of the middle leg tube, and adapted to detachably engage with the at least one opening for constraining a movement between the middle leg tube and the lower leg tube.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Andrew Ma, Kyle S Mason