Patents by Inventor Jean-Marie Fretel

Jean-Marie Fretel 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: 8146877
    Abstract: The vehicle seat runner has a first runner element receiving a vehicle seat element, and a complementary runner element fastened to the vehicle. A first fin wall and a second fin wall that are mutually parallel and that are spaced apart from each other are connected together via a base wall. Each fin wall has an inside face, the inside faces of the two fin walls facing each other. The inside faces are connected to each other in an additional connection region situated under the base wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: René Rohee, Jean-Marie Fretel
  • Patent number: 8079759
    Abstract: A slider for a motor vehicle seat including a stationary profile section extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising a substantially planar base plate and at least one side shoulder, said base plate having a substantially constant width and including an attachment area for receiving a head of a fastening screw, wherein the stationary profile section has a local deformation increasing the width of the base plate and narrowing the shoulder to the extent that the raceway of the stationary profile section is blocked; a movable profile section; roller elements rolling along a raceway extending longitudinally on the shoulder of the stationary profile section and retained in position relative to each other by cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: René Rohee, Jean-Marie Fretel
  • Patent number: 8075039
    Abstract: The invention concerns a rail comprising a fixed profiled section and a mobile profiled section sliding relative to the fixed profiled section. The body has a linking portion wherein the body is shaped like a plate having first and second opposite lateral surfaces, and an edge linking said first and second surfaces. A first profiled section comprises a groove. The linking portion is tightly fitted in the groove. The plate is attached to the first profiled section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile
    Inventors: René Rohee, Jean-Marie Fretel
  • Publication number: 20090102224
    Abstract: The invention concerns a rail comprising a fixed profiled section and a mobile profiled section sliding relative to the fixed profiled section. The body has a linking portion wherein the body is shaped like a plate having first and second opposite lateral surfaces, and an edge linking said first and second surfaces. A first profiled section comprises a groove. The liking portion is tightly fitted in the groove. The plate is attached to the first profiled section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Rene Rohee, Jean-Marie Fretel
  • Publication number: 20090060401
    Abstract: Slider for a motor vehicle seat including a stationary profile section extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising a substantially planar base plate and at least one side shoulder, said base plate having a substantially constant width and including an attachment area for receiving a head of a fastening screw, wherein the stationary profile section has a local deformation increasing the width of the base plate and narrowing the shoulder to the extent that the raceway of the stationary profile section is blocked; a movable profile section; roller elements rolling along a raceway extending longitudinally on the shoulder of the stationary profile section and retained in position relative to each other by cage
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Faurecia Sieges d' Automobile
    Inventors: Rene Rohee, Jean-Marie Fretel
  • Publication number: 20060261238
    Abstract: The vehicle seat runner has a first runner element receiving a vehicle seat element, and a complementary runner element fastened to the vehicle. A first fin wall and a second fin wall that are mutually parallel and that are spaced apart from each other are connected together via a base wall. Each fin wall has an inside face, the inside faces of the two fin walls facing each other. The inside faces are connected to each other in an additional connection region situated under the base wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Rene Rohee, Jean-Marie Fretel
  • Patent number: 6902235
    Abstract: A runner for a motor vehicle seat, said runner comprising firstly first and second rails mounted to slide relative to each other in a longitudinal direction, and secondly a locking mechanism including an additional latch mounted substantially to pivot on a main latch about a second pivot axis, the additional latch being interposed between the main latch and a control member so that, when the control member moves from the locking position to the unlocking position, firstly the additional catch is pivoted about the second pivot axis, and secondly the additional latch and the main latch are pivoted about the first pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile S.A.
    Inventors: René Rohee, Jean-Marie Fretel
  • Publication number: 20040232750
    Abstract: A runner for a motor vehicle seat, said runner comprising firstly first and second rails mounted to slide relative to each other in a longitudinal direction, and secondly a locking mechanism including an additional latch mounted substantially to pivot on a main latch about a second pivot axis, the additional latch being interposed between the main latch and a control member so that, when the control member moves from the locking position to the unlocking position, firstly the additional catch is pivoted about the second pivot axis, and secondly the additional latch and the main latch are pivoted about the first pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Rene Rohee, Jean-Marie Fretel
  • Patent number: 5688026
    Abstract: The slide enables the longitudinal position of a vehicle seat to be adjusted while also making it possible for the seat to be moved back-and-forth through a large amplitude in a forwards direction from its rear position and to return to said adjusted position because of a position-memorizing assembly comprising a notched bar 7, a shoe 8, and a catch 9 having a hook 9a. A rocker 10 is provided that pivots on the moving rail 2 making it possible either to connect the shoe to the moving rail, thereby making it possible to control the latch 5, or else to keep the latch disengaged with the shoe being locked by the catch, the rocker being controlled by a cable 12 that is pulled by folding down the back, and the tail 8a of the shoe is shaped so that it can lock the seat in position whenever the back is raised, even if the seat happens to be in a position other than its memorized position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Equipements SA
    Inventors: Yann Reubeuze, Jean-Marie Fretel