Patents Examined by Tania Abraham
  • Patent number: 11254250
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a cushion pad in which one or more hanging grooves into which a trim cover is inserted are formed in a sitting-person supporting surface; a wire which is provided in a bottom of the hanging groove along the hanging groove and locks the trim cover which is inserted into the hanging groove; a vibration transferring member which is buried in the cushion pad along the wire; and a vibration body which excites the vibration transferring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Noguchi, Ryo Kurobe, Masao Komada, Naoki Takada
  • Patent number: 11225178
    Abstract: A slim headrest device may include a fixed guide bracket provided upside a seatback; a moving plate, a first end portion of which is moved forward and rearward by being guided by the fixed guide bracket and a second end portion of which is in a shape bent upward; and a moving guide bracket to which a headrest is mounted, the moving guide bracket being moved upwardly and downwardly by being guided by the second end portion of the moving plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, WOOBO TECH CO., LTD., WOOIL INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Sang Man Seo, In Ki Park, Hae Il Jeong
  • Patent number: 11192482
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a headrest assembly for a seat in a vehicle. In particular, the headrest assembly includes a locking arrangement that reduces, if not completely eliminates, buzz, squeak, and rattle (BSR). An exemplary headrest assembly includes, among other things, a rod including a recess and which is configured to connect the headrest assembly to a seat back. The headrest assembly also includes a head restraint having a locking portion configured to selectively engage the recess to set a vertical position of the head restraint relative to the rod. Further, at least one of the recess and the locking portion is tapered. Tapering the recess and/or the locking portion ensures that there will be two opposed points of contact between the recess and the locking portion, thereby reducing, if not eliminating, BSR between the two elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Daimay North America Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Yintai Jiang, Jianhua Wang, Guojun Tang
  • Patent number: 11186207
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to secure a crotch plate of a child car seat while providing for lower forces upon the seated child during impact events. Some embodiments may include: a seating surface and a back surface; an internal harness, including a crotch strap; a crotch plate for mounting the crotch strap thereto; and at least one connection member for connecting the crotch plate to an anchor mounted below the seating surface. The at least one connection member may significantly resist movement in a first direction and may significantly allow movement in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Evenflo Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Douglas, Jason Byrd
  • Patent number: 11180057
    Abstract: Provided is a seatback rotating device used for a vehicle seat. The seatback rotating device includes an electric motor, an action mechanism, a rotor, and an abutment target portion. In the seatback rotating device, when s seatback of the vehicle sat is placed in a first standing position, the rotor is positioned in a standby state that creates a gap between a first protrusion and the abutment target portion and a gap between a second protrusion and the abutment target portion, the first protrusion and the second protrusion being provided to the rotor. In the standby state, a gap length from the first protrusion to the abutment target portion is small relative to a gap length from the second protrusion to the abutment target portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Takezaki, Masatoshi Mori, Kenji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11180055
    Abstract: A lift mechanism for a vehicle seating assembly comprises a gear assembly that includes a first gear and a second gear. A mounting bracket is fixedly coupled to a vehicle and shares a common axis with the first gear, wherein the first and second gears are positionable in a fixedly coupled arrangement at an initial location relative to the mounting bracket or at a final location relative to the mounting bracket, such that, when the first and second gears are in the fixedly coupled arrangement at the initial location relative to the mounting bracket, the seating assembly is in a sitting position, and when the first and second gears are in the fixedly coupled arrangement at the final location relative to the mounting bracket, the seating assembly is in a standing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Macit Aktas, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Paul D. Peterson, Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish
  • Patent number: 11180059
    Abstract: A vehicle seat device includes: a base member provided in a seat cushion or a seat back; a movable member rotatably connected to the base member; and stopper parts disposed to abut against each other on the base and movable members. The movable member rotates from a storage position and the rotation of the movable member is restricted at a deployment position so that a seat mode is changed. The vehicle seat device further includes an air bag interposed between the base and movable members and presses the base and movable members to rotate the movable member; and a clutch mechanism interposed between the base and movable members, allowing the rotation of the movable member in a deployment direction, and restricting the rotation of the movable member in a storage direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Mizuno, Shogo Sakai
  • Patent number: 11166560
    Abstract: A headrest device includes a headrest support and an adjusting seat. The headrest support is a flat rod and has a ditch and a bias rack beside the ditch. The adjusting seat is being inserted by the headrest support and has a pressing member and a buffer assembly. The pressing member is elastically pivotedly connected into a side of the adjusting seat. Part of the pressing member protrudes from the adjusting seat. The pressing member has hooking teeth corresponding to the bias rack in biasing direction and an elastic arm pressed by the adjusting seat so as to make the pressing member normally elastically outward pushed and swayable. The hooking teeth engages with the bias rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Yi-Ru Chen
  • Patent number: 11166555
    Abstract: An anti-wobbling adjustable height stool includes an adjusting screw vaving a threaded seat support spindle and a top spindle head and a stool seat assembly. The stool seat assembly includes a stool seat, and a connecting frame connected with a bottom of the stool seat. The connecting frame is opened with an installation hole, and the spindle head penetrating through and being arranged in the installation hole to enable a tight fit of the spindle head with the connecting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dongguan Shichang Metals Factory Ltd.
    Inventor: Chenkang Lin
  • Patent number: 11135949
    Abstract: A seat comprises a seat cushion pad (20) including an air flow passage (21), and a blower connected to the air flow passage (21). The seat cushion pad (20) comprises a pad body (100), and a cover member (200) disposed on an upper surface of the pad body (100) to form the air flow passage (21) between the pad body (100) and the cover member (200). The cover member (200) comprises a first cover member (210) disposed on the upper surface of the pad body (100), and a second cover member (220) disposed on an upper surface of the first cover member (210). The first cover member (210) is fixed to the pad body (100), and the second cover member (220) is fixed to the first cover member (210) and to the pad body (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Okimura, Tatsumi Konno, Wataru Nishii, Yuji Nakano, Hiroshi Izawa, Hiromi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11129477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an elevated portable chair that includes: a seat and a pair of collapsible legs, wherein the pair includes a front leg and a rear leg, wherein rear leg extends, and pivots open from a mid-point on the front leg. A rear bracket extends from a rear edge of the seat to a distal end of the rear leg to provide stabilizing support, where a horizontal brace is placed at a midpoint of the rear bracket. Other features of the chair include a back support; a first arm rest; a second arm rest and a solar panel on a top edge of the back support. The solar panel provides a power source for the at least one power outlet provided on the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: William Xiques
  • Patent number: 11124096
    Abstract: Provided is a seat reducible risk of releasing a connection between a bezel and a cover. The seat allows attaching of a child safety seat, and includes a bezel and a cover covering the bezel. The bezel and the cover respectively include a pair of bezel-side overlap portions and a cover-side overlap portion that overlap with each other in an intersecting direction intersecting an attaching-and-detaching-direction of a bezel body and a cover body. One of the bezel-side overlap portions and the cover-side overlap portion are formed with a through-hole, and the other of the bezel-side overlap portions is formed with a female-threaded-hole. Then, in a state where the pair of bezel-side overlap portions and the cover-side overlap portion overlap each other in the intersecting direction, a fastening member is inserted into the through-hole and a male-threaded portion is screwed into the female-threaded-hole to connect between the bezel and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Onji, Yuya Watase
  • Patent number: 11097685
    Abstract: A tactical-gear-accommodating seatbelt system and method adapted to provide enhanced safety and easier, more reliable means of engaging and disengaging the seatbelt for persons wearing tactical gear on the waist and chest, by providing an extender unit having an extender strap coupled with and extending from the standard seat-level receptacle or anchored in lieu of the standard seat-level receptacle, and a continuous two-way quarter-turn sure-release receptacle attached to the free end of the extender strap such that the double receptacle sits generally in front of the lower torso in use, and having receptacle fittings to accommodate separate lap and shoulder straps anchored at lower and upper anchor points, respectively, with free ends terminated in buckle tabs, thereby allowing easier and safer engagement and disengagement of the seatbelt system for a person wearing tactical gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Donald Kennair, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11089882
    Abstract: A seating aid includes: sensory input means for providing sensory input to a person while sitting on a seat, the sensory input means for resisting outward movement of thighs of the person while sitting on the seat; and attaching means for releasably attaching the sensory input means to the seat such that the sensory input means will be disposed above the seat; where the seating aid is configured to allow, with the seating aid disposed on the seat, the person either to sit directly on the seat or to sit on a flexible material of the seating aid that is overlying and in contact with the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: Rebecca S. Faugno
  • Patent number: 11089880
    Abstract: An upholstery cover retention assembly is disclosed. In embodiments, the upholstery cover retention assembly includes an upholstered article including an upholstered surface, a bezel including a bezel lip proximate to the upholstered article, and a retention flange disposed on a peripheral surface of the upholstered article. In embodiments, the upholstery cover retention assembly further includes a dress cover assembly including a dress cover configured to at least partially cover the upholstered surface of the upholstered article, and an assembled edge configured to be disposed within a groove formed between the peripheral surface of the upholstered article and the bezel. In embodiments, assembled edge is configured to be secured within the groove by engaging a lower engagement surface of the retention flange and a lower surface of the bezel lip with the assembled edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Suhre, Stephen A. Puglisi, Jordan G. Jett
  • Patent number: 11083300
    Abstract: A removable backrest is attached to a cooler in such a manner that does not interfere with the opening or closing of the lid nor does it interfere with the sealing mechanism of the cooler. The removable backrest inserts into existing slots positioned in the walls of certain commercially available coolers. The angle of the frame permits a user to sit on the complete lid of the cooler and lean against the backrest. While the backrest is in position, the lid may be opened or closed at the user's convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Kaspar Wire Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Darryl J. Becker, Mike Bishop
  • Patent number: 11077776
    Abstract: A seat element having a cover and padding configured to serve as support for a user, and having a ventilation and thermal control system that includes a thermoelectric module, a blower, and a conduit delimiting a passage for air connecting the blower and the thermoelectric module. The ventilation and thermal control system is configured for passing a flow of air coming from the cover towards the blower, and the thermoelectric module is configured for cooling and/or heating the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÈGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Florent Longatte, Mathieu Cluet, Didier Duriez
  • Patent number: 11076699
    Abstract: A movable tablet for use with a chair is disclosed. The movable tablet is part of a mounting assembly that allows the tablet to be used with different types of chairs. The mounting assembly includes a stationary pivot rod and an outer housing that surrounds the pivot rod. A lower bearing is positioned between the outer housing and a mounting plate secured to a back face of the tablet. A guide hub of the lower bearing travels within a guide track on the mounting plate secured to the tablet to limit the pivoting movement of the tablet. An upper bearing is positioned between the mounting plate and the tablet such that the upper and lower bearings are positioned between metallic elements of the mounting assembly. A friction disc is positioned within the mounting assembly to control and adjust the pivoting movement of the tablet relative to the stationary pivot bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Krueger International, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis Griepentrog
  • Patent number: 11059396
    Abstract: A reversible seat assembly for use in an automotive vehicle has a seat cushion, a seat back and a linkage. The linkage operatively couples the seat back with the seat cushion. The linkage moves the seat back between one of a forward-facing position and a rearward-facing position. The linkage lowers the seat cushion when the seat back is moved towards a central position between the forward-facing position and the rearward-facing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Magna Seating Inc
    Inventor: Kai Zhao
  • Patent number: 11058224
    Abstract: A seating support arrangement includes a seating frame, a cover member supported by the seating frame, the cover member having a first elastic modulus in a first direction, the cover member having an outer surface area and a support area that is less than the outer surface area and is configured to support a user, and a polymer film surface layer attached to the support area of the cover member such that the combination of the cover member in the support area and the surface layer has a second elastic modulus in the first direction that is greater than the first elastic modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: James Nolan Ludwig, Bruce M. Smith, Carl V. Forslund, III, Christopher J. Norman, Gordon J. Peterson, Fredric Biddle, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers