Patents by Inventor Frank D. Moburg

Frank D. Moburg 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: 10493923
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a vehicle seat hook assembly for hanging an associated object on the vehicle seat includes a seat back having a front side, a rear side, and an upper distal portion and a headrest moveably secured to the upper distal portion for movement between a headrest retracted position and a headrest extended position. A seat hook is disposed on the seat back and is moveable between a seat hook retracted or collapsed position and a seat hook extended or sprung position. Movement of the headrest from the headrest retracted position to the headrest extended position causes movement of the seat hook from the seat hook retracted position to the seat hook extended position and movement of the headrest from the headrest extended position to the headrest retracted position causes movement of the seat hook from the seat hook extended position to the seat hook retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Frank D. Moburg, Yuri A. Starik, Joan R. Smith, Andrew E. Barrow, Jeffrey H. Scheurer, II, Adam M. Parker, Andrea S. Martin, Samuel D. Goodrow
  • Patent number: 7597395
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle and more particularly a front seat for a vehicle includes a central pillar extending from the floor to the roof of the vehicle, and a center support extending forwardly from the central pillar. A lower rib extends laterally from the center support and supports a seat bottom fixed thereto. Primary and secondary intermediate ribs also extend laterally from the central pillar. A seat back is fixed to and supported by the primary and secondary intermediate ribs. Also, an upper rib is provided which extends laterally from the central pillar above the intermediate ribs. A headrest is fixed to and supported by the upper rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michael Wiedeman, John A. Frye, Frank D. Moburg, Michael Tsay
  • Patent number: 6629729
    Abstract: A pair of foldable rear seats for a motor vehicle includes a support stub fixed to the vehicle and a pair elongated support arms pivotally connected to the support stub. A pair of seat bottoms are pivotally connected to each of the respective support arms, such that each seat bottom is pivotable between a vertical folded position and a horizontal open position. Further, a pair of seat backs are each pivotally connected to a rear portion of each respective seat bottom in order to fold into the respective seat bottom from an open position. A headrest is slidably disposed on each seat back. Furthermore, a pair of seat legs are each pivotally connected to the seat bottom at an outer portion thereof so that when the seat bottom is in the open state, the seat leg, in its open position, extends from the seat bottom to the vehicle floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michael Wiedeman, Michael Tsay, Mami Endo, John Dixon, John A. Frye, Frank D. Moburg
  • Publication number: 20030127891
    Abstract: A pair of foldable rear seats for a motor vehicle includes a support stub fixed to the vehicle and a pair elongated support arms pivotally connected to the support stub. A pair of seat bottoms are pivotally connected to each of the respective support arms, such that each seat bottom is pivotable between a vertical folded position and a horizontal open position. Further, a pair of seat backs are each pivotally connected to a rear portion of each respective seat bottom in order to fold into the respective seat bottom from an open position. A headrest is slidably disposed on each seat back. Furthermore, a pair of seat legs are each pivotally connected to the seat bottom at an outer portion thereof so that when the seat bottom is in the open state, the seat leg, in its open position, extends from the seat bottom to the vehicle floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Wiedeman, Michael Tsay, Mami Endo, John Dixon, John A. Frye, Frank D. Moburg
  • Publication number: 20030127892
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle and more particularly a front seat for a vehicle includes a central pillar extending from the floor to the roof of the vehicle, and a center support extending forwardly from the central pillar. A lower rib extends laterally from the center support and supports a seat bottom fixed thereto. Primary and secondary intermediate ribs also extend laterally from the central pillar. A seat back is fixed to and supported by the primary and secondary intermediate ribs. Also, an upper rib is provided which extends laterally from the central pillar above the intermediate ribs. A headrest is fixed to and supported by the upper rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Wiedeman, John A. Frye, Frank D. Moburg, Michael Tsay
  • Patent number: 6488326
    Abstract: In an automobile including front and rear seats (Sf) and (Sr) disposed at a longitudinal distance on a vehicle body floor (F), rearward-extending support arms (A) are provided at lower portions of sides of the front seat (Sf). The rear seat (Sr) includes a seat portion (3) which is connected at its front end to tip portions of the support arms (A) and pivotally turnable between a predetermined tilted-down position (3H) and a standing position (3S), and a seat back (4) which is connected at its lower end to a front end of a rear floor section (Fr) and pivotally turnable between a predetermined standing position (4S) and a tilted-down position (4H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jose N. Wyszogrod, Frank D. Moburg
  • Publication number: 20010011829
    Abstract: In an automobile including front and rear seats Sf and Sr disposed at a longitudinal distance on a vehicle body floor F, rearward-extending support arms A are provided at lower portions of sides of the front seat Sf. The rear seat Sr includes a seat portion 3 which is connected at its front end to tip portions of the support arms A and pivotally turnable between a predetermined tilted-down position 3H and a standing position 3S, and a seat back 4 which is connected at its lower end to a front end of a rear floor section Fr and pivotally turnable between a predetermined standing position 4S and a tilted-down position 4H. A receiving surface Fm for supporting the seat portion 3 lying in the tilted-down position 3H is formed between the front floor section Ff and the rear floor section Fr higher in level than the front floor section Fr, and when the rear seat Sr is in service, the seat portion 3 is retained in the tilted-down position 3H, and the seat back 4 is retained in the standing position 4S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jose N. Wyszogrod, Frank D. Moburg
  • Patent number: 6231102
    Abstract: In an automobile including front and rear seats Sf and Sr disposed at a longitudinal distance on a vehicle body floor F, rearward-extending support arms A are provided at lower portions of sides of the front seat Sf. The rear seat Sr includes a seat portion 3 which is connected at its front end to tip portions of the support arms A and pivotally turnable between a predetermined tilted-down position 3H and a standing position 3S, and a seat back 4 which is connected at its lower end to a front end of a rear floor section Fr and pivotally turnable between a predetermined standing position 4S and a tilted-down position 4H. A receiving surface Fm for supporting the seat portion 3 lying in the tilted-down position 3H is formed between the front floor section Ff and the rear floor section Fr higher in level than the front floor section Fr, and when the rear seat Sr is in service, the seat portion 3 is retained in the tilted-down position 3H, and the seat back 4 is retained in the standing position 4S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jose N. Wyszogrod, Frank D. Moburg
  • Patent number: D504242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Schowalter, Frank D. Moburg, Aimee R. Sadle