Patents by Inventor Anne-Isabelle MALLET - DA COSTA

Anne-Isabelle MALLET - DA COSTA 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: 11833946
    Abstract: A backrest of a vehicle seat, comprising a backrest frame, comprising a first lateral flank, a second lateral flank, an upper crossmember, a lower crossmember. The backrest further comprises a seat belt anchoring means support frame, comprising two upper tubes, each extending through a separate through-hole formed in the upper crossmember, so as to extend, at least partially, above the upper crossmember, a lower tube, positioned near the lower crossmember of the backrest frame, and fixed to at least one lateral flank of the backrest frame, at least one connecting tube connecting at least one upper tube to the lower tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Frédéric Pinto, Anne-Isabelle Mallet-Da Costa, Joël Canteleux
  • Patent number: 11607981
    Abstract: A vehicle seat that includes: at least one support element defining a cavity, an air pump, and at least one olfactory diffuser arranged in the cavity and fluidly connected to the air pump, the olfactory diffuser having an outer casing defining an inner volume, the outer casing defining an air inlet and an air outlet, the olfactory diffuser further having at least one olfactory substance carrier arranged in the inner volume defined by the outer casing. The air pump causes the circulation of a flow of air through the inner volume from the air inlet to the air outlet toward the outside of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Laurent Carle, Anne-Isabelle Mallet-Da Costa
  • Patent number: 11584278
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. At least one of the seat bottom and the seat back includes a trim cover having a seating surface and a plurality of individually-controllable massage elements underlying the trim cover. Each of the plurality of individually-controllable massage elements has a surface facing the trim cover, wherein at least a portion of the surface includes a heating layer selectively configured to generate heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING, LLC
    Inventors: Shaun D. Tait, Anne-Isabelle Mallet-Da Costa
  • Publication number: 20220410780
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat comprising a seating portion and a backrest, the seat further comprising at least one vibration device. The vibration device(s) are arranged in one or more of the following authorized spaces: a first authorized space in the backrest, which is defined by predefined ranges; a second authorized space in the seating portion, which is defined by predefined ranges; these ranges being defined with respect to an orthonormal coordinate system (H, x, y, z) whose origin is the point H which is the seating reference point of the seat, for which the x axis extends horizontally from the rear to the front of the seating portion, for which the y axis extends horizontally from the right to the left of the seat, and for which the z axis extends vertically from the bottom to the top of the backrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sophia BENNIS, Jérôme PLANSON, Radouane BOUSSETTA, Anne-Isabelle MALLET-DA COSTA
  • Publication number: 20220332235
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising: a seat base comprising a rigid frame, a flexible covering layer, as well as a cushioning layer interposed between the flexible covering layer and the frame, a backrest comprising a rigid frame, a flexible covering layer, as well as a cushioning layer interposed between the flexible covering layer and the frame, and a haptic system, comprising: at least one independent set each comprising at least one pneumatic haptic element, positioned at the backrest and/or the seat base, and at least one independent set each comprising at least one electromechanical haptic element, positioned at the backrest and/or the seat base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Sophia BENNIS, Anne-Isabelle MALLET-DA COSTA
  • Publication number: 20220258655
    Abstract: A backrest of a vehicle seat, comprising a backrest frame, comprising a first lateral flank, a second lateral flank, an upper crossmember, a lower crossmember. The backrest further comprises a seat belt anchoring means support frame, comprising two upper tubes, each extending through a separate through-hole formed in the upper crossmember, so as to extend, at least partially, above the upper crossmember, a lower tube, positioned near the lower crossmember of the backrest frame, and fixed to at least one lateral flank of the backrest frame, at least one connecting tube connecting at least one upper tube to the lower tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Frédéric PINTO, Anne-Isabelle MALLET-DA COSTA, Joël CANTELEUX
  • Publication number: 20220080869
    Abstract: A vehicle seat that includes: at least one support element defining a cavity, an air pump, and at least one olfactory diffuser arranged in the cavity and fluidly connected to the air pump, the olfactory diffuser having an outer casing defining an inner volume, the outer casing defining an air inlet and an air outlet, the olfactory diffuser further having at least one olfactory substance carrier arranged in the inner volume defined by the outer casing. The air pump causes the circulation of a flow of air through the inner volume from the air inlet to the air outlet toward the outside of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Laurent CARLE, Anne-Isabelle MALLET - DA COSTA