Patents by Inventor Cole Thomas Brodersen

Cole Thomas Brodersen 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).

  • ACTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240001826
    Abstract: A vehicle seat suspension system including a base housing, a platform housing, and a linkage system moveably mounted between the base housing and the platform housing. The linkage system includes a center linkage, a rotary actuator drive system moveably connected to the center linkage where the rotary actuator drive system moves the center linkage over a range of travel, and a control system, where the control system actively signals the rotary actuator drive system to move the center linkage in a substantially linear relationship between an angle of rotation of the rotary actuator drive system and a vertical movement of the platform housing. The suspension system may also include sensors in operable communication with the control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: COLE THOMAS BRODERSEN
  • In-cushion seat swivel
    Patent number: 10857907
    Abstract: A pivoting seat for a vehicle comprises a seat frame mountable to the vehicle, the seat frame including a pivot mount and a plurality of roller assemblies. A seat cushion assembly includes a seat cushion and a seat pan assembly supporting the seat cushion that is pivotably mounted to the pivot mount so that the seat cushion assembly is pivotable relative to the seat frame. The seat pan assembly includes a flat perimeter plate at an outer perimeter of the seat pan assembly, wherein each of the plurality of roller assemblies is arranged to contact the flat perimeter plate to support the seat cushion assembly while permitting pivoting of the seat cushion assembly relative to the seat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Sears Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Cole Thomas Brodersen, John Riedel, Daniel Joseph Alexander, Wayne David Ward, Deane Wichelt, Dale R. Ropp, Thomas R. Hartwig
  • In-Cushion Seat Swivel
    Publication number: 20190308525
    Abstract: A pivoting seat for a vehicle comprises a seat frame mountable to the vehicle, the seat frame including a pivot mount and a plurality of roller assemblies. A seat cushion assembly includes a seat cushion and a seat pan assembly supporting the seat cushion that is pivotably mounted to the pivot mount so that the seat cushion assembly is pivotable relative to the seat frame. The seat pan assembly includes a flat perimeter plate at an outer perimeter of the seat pan assembly, wherein each of the plurality of roller assemblies is arranged to contact the flat perimeter plate to support the seat cushion assembly while permitting pivoting of the seat cushion assembly relative to the seat frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: John Riedel, Cole Thomas Brodersen, Daniel Joseph Alexander, Wayne David Ward, Deane Wichelt, Dale R. Ropp, Thomas R. Hartwig