Patents by Inventor Eric C. Veine

Eric C. Veine 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).

  • Translatable head restraint for automotive seat backrest
    Patent number: 6767064
    Abstract: An occupant seat of a motor vehicle includes a backrest, and a headrest mounted atop the backrest on a pair of posts. The headrest includes a base portion supported by the posts, and an occupant-engaging contact portion that is supported by the base portion for relative translational movement along a pair of tracks defined on the base portion. In response to a suitable control signal, such as the tensioning of a Bowden cable in response to an applied force, the contact portion moves under the control of an articulated linkage against a return spring bias and away from the base portion. The translational movement of the contact portion relative to the base portion serves to control contact surface inclination throughout the range of movement of the contact portion relative to the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Eric C. Veine, Thomas J. Fowler, James C. Mulvihill
  • Translatable head restraint for automotive seat backrest
    Publication number: 20030160481
    Abstract: An occupant seat of a motor vehicle includes a backrest, and a headrest mounted atop the backrest on a pair of posts. The headrest includes a base portion supported by the posts, and an occupant-engaging contact portion that is supported by the base portion for relative translational movement along a pair of tracks defined on the base portion. In response to a suitable control signal, such as the tensioning of a Bowden cable in response to an applied force, the contact portion moves under the control of an articulated linkage against a return spring bias and away from the base portion. The translational movement of the contact portion relative to the base portion serves to control contact surface inclination throughout the range of movement of the contact portion relative to the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Eric C. Veine, Thomas J. Fowler, James A. Mulvihill
  • Translatable head restraint for automotive seat backrest
    Patent number: RE40527
    Abstract: An occupant seat of a motor vehicle includes a backrest, and a headrest mounted atop the backrest on a pair of posts. The headrest includes a base portion supported by the posts, and an occupant-engaging contact portion that is supported by the base portion for relative translational movement along a pair of tracks defined on the base portion. In response to a suitable control signal, such as the tensioning of a Bowden cable in response to an applied force, the contact portion moves under the control of an articulated linkage against a return spring bias and away from the base portion. The translational movement of the contact portion relative to the base portion serves to control contact surface inclination throughout the range of movement of the contact portion relative to the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Eric C. Veine, Thomas J. Fowler, James A. Mulvihill