Patents by Inventor Alberto Lardies

Alberto Lardies has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9902301
    Abstract: A sleeve device for a headrest comprising a sleeve body to be inserted into an opening in a frame of a vehicle seat, the sleeve body comprising an inner axial passage to accommodate a rod of the headrest, the inner axial passage including an inner wall, a top end portion and a bottom end portion; a head portion; an external side; and an upper inner seat portion at the inner the wall of the top end portion of the axial passage, the upper inner seat portion for encircling an upper portion of the rod of the headrest; and an upper inner bushing overmoulded to the upper inner seat portion, the upper inner bushing being made from an antifriction resilient plastic material and comprising an inner axial opening for guiding the rod of the headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Alberto Lardies Aquillue, Jordi Bielsa Bonet
  • Publication number: 20150329021
    Abstract: A sleeve device for a headrest comprising a sleeve body to be inserted into an opening in a frame of a vehicle seat, the sleeve body comprising an inner axial passage to accommodate a rod of the headrest, the inner axial passage including an inner wall, a top end portion and a bottom end portion; a head portion; an external side; and an upper inner seat portion at the inner the wall of the top end portion of the axial passage, the upper inner seat portion for encircling an upper portion of the rod of the headrest; and an upper inner bushing overmoulded to the upper inner seat portion, the upper inner bushing being made from an antifriction resilient plastic material and comprising an inner axial opening for guiding the rod of the headrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Alberto Lardies AQUILLUE, Jordi Bielsa BONET
  • Publication number: 20150298372
    Abstract: Light headrest optimised for production resources, comprising a head piece and bars made by overmolding on rigid cores, where said headrest is a single-piece structural body that comprises the bars and the head piece. Method for obtaining the headrest comprising the stages: (i) coupling the two rigid cores inside the injection mold having the final shape of the headrest; (ii) injecting the fused material in the mold and overmolding on the rigid cores; (iii) opening the mold and extracting the finished headrest; (iv) placing polymeric foam in the empty spaces of the single-piece structural body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Jordi BIELSA, Alberto LARDIES, Ricard FORTUNY
  • Patent number: 8313148
    Abstract: A guide sleeve for support bar of a motor vehicle seatback headrest, comprising a hollow, plastic tube fitted with an axial passage and comprising at its upper end an integral flange segment through which runs the tube's axial passage, further a slider guided in sliding manner in a flange segment aperture perpendicularly to the axis of said passage, and fitted with an external grip and an axial continuous passage which can be aligned with the stem's axial passage respectively the flange segment's aperture, the slider moreover comprising a locking segment which may be made to engage with or disengage from a snap-in notch of the support bar as a function of slider position, further with spring elements acting on the slider and biasing it toward the snap-in notches, said spring elements being constituted by a resilient, integral slider segment resting against a wall segment of the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alberto Lardies, Olga Arenillas
  • Publication number: 20110101758
    Abstract: A guide sleeve for support bar of a motor vehicle seatback headrest, comprising a hollow, plastic tube fitted with an axial passage and comprising at its upper end an integral flange segment through which runs the tube's axial passage, further a slider guided in sliding manner in a flange segment aperture perpendicularly to the axis of said passage, and fitted with an external grip and an axial continuous passage which can be aligned with the stem's axial passage respectively the flange segment's aperture, the slider moreover comprising a locking segment which may be made to engage with or disengage from a snap-in notch of the support bar as a function of slider position, further with spring elements acting on the slider and biasing it toward the snap-in notches, said spring elements being constituted by a resilient, integral slider segment resting against a wall segment of the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: ITW AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Alberto Lardies, Olga Arenillas