Patents by Inventor Anthony Spadaro

Anthony Spadaro 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: 10076986
    Abstract: A vehicle seat for providing seating for an occupant within a vehicle may include an anchoring mechanism and a reversible seat cushion. The reversible seat cushion may be configured to be reversible between a seating position and a storage position and to be removable from and attachable to the anchoring mechanism in each of the seating position and the storage position. The reversible seat cushion may include a seating side and a storage side. In the seating position, the seating side may be exposed to provide support beneath the occupant and the storage side is concealed. In the storage position, the storage side may be exposed to provide a storage area and the seating side is concealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Clark, Raza Ahmed Bashir, Anthony Spadaro
  • Publication number: 20170015217
    Abstract: A seat control interface mechanism for a vehicle seat may comprise an interface control surface having at least one interface that allows an occupant of the vehicle seat to activate seat controls; and a movable member upon which the interface control surface is located, the moveable member being configured to be displaced relative to the vehicle seat to cause the interface control surface to become more accessible to the occupant of the vehicle seat. A method of operation to adjust an orientation of the vehicle seat may comprise moving an interface control surface relative to the vehicle seat to cause the interface control surface to become more accessible to an occupant of the vehicle seat; and operating at least one touch-sensitive interface on the interface control surface to activate at least one seat control for the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Mason PIKE, Anthony Spadaro, Brennon White
  • Publication number: 20170008438
    Abstract: A vehicle seat for providing seating for an occupant within a vehicle may include an anchoring mechanism and a reversible seat cushion. The reversible seat cushion may be configured to be reversible between a seating position and a storage position and to be removable from and attachable to the anchoring mechanism in each of the seating position and the storage position. The reversible seat cushion may include a seating side and a storage side. In the seating position, the seating side may be exposed to provide support beneath the occupant and the storage side is concealed. In the storage position, the storage side may be exposed to provide a storage area and the seating side is concealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Clark, Raza Ahmed Bashir, Anthony Spadaro