Patents by Inventor Jeffery T. Bonk

Jeffery T. Bonk 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: 11938850
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. A cushion is included in each of the seat bottom and seat back. A stream of air is provided to at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a ventilated vehicle seat for a passenger seated on the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Robert C. Fitzpatrick, Jeffery T. Bonk
  • Patent number: 11926248
    Abstract: An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor. The occupant support further includes a seat mode-change system that allows the occupant support to adjust the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery T. Bonk, Robert C. Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20240042907
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. A cushion is included in each of the seat bottom and seat back. A stream of air is provided to at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a ventilated vehicle seat for a passenger seated on the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Robert C. FITZPATRICK, Jeffery T. BONK
  • Publication number: 20230234482
    Abstract: An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor, and a seat mode-change system that allows the rear occupant support to adjust the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffery T. BONK, Robert C. FITZPATRICK
  • Publication number: 20230219468
    Abstract: A rear row occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor, and a seat mode-change system that allows the rear occupant support to adjust its position to provide a storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffery T. BONK, Robert C. FITZPATRICK
  • Publication number: 20230219470
    Abstract: An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor. The occupant support further includes a seat mode-change system that allows the occupant support to adjust the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffery T. BONK, Robert C. FITZPATRICK
  • Patent number: 11698136
    Abstract: A fluid-distribution system for use with one or more vehicle sub-systems in a vehicle includes a first transfer conduit, a second transfer conduit, and a valve unit. The first transfer conduit defines a first interior space and is coupled to a fluid source to receive and direct a fluid through the first interior space. The second transfer conduit defines a second interior space and is spaced apart downstream from the first transfer conduit. The valve unit extends between and interconnects the first transfer conduit and the second transfer conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Robert C. Fitzpatrick, Jeffery T. Bonk
  • Publication number: 20230158926
    Abstract: An occupant support includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back is coupled to the seat bottom and includes a headrest and a backrest. The occupant support is configured to support an occupant resting thereon before, during, and after an impact force is applied to the occupant support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Robert C. FITZPATRICK, Jeffery T. BONK
  • Publication number: 20220348121
    Abstract: An occupant support surface heater includes a foundation, a cover, an optional comfort layer, an activation layer, and at least one bus bar secured between the foundation and the cover. The foundation may include a foam pad and the comfort layer includes a conductive material mat that is contiguous with the foundation. The activation layer includes thermally conductive material in the form of an inorganic or organic nanotube structure to provide efficient thermal diffusion and heat delivery for the occupant support. The occupant support surface heater may be used to heat an occupant in the occupant support or to provide heat at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time in order to destroy live viruses or live bacteria at a surface of the unoccupied occupant support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffery T. BONK
  • Patent number: 11117537
    Abstract: A vehicle seat for supporting an occupant in a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a backrest and a headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffery T. Bonk
  • Patent number: 11083379
    Abstract: An occupant support includes a seat and a seat cover. The seat is adapted to support an occupant resting thereon. The seat cover is coupled to the seat and arranged to lie between the occupant and the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: John M. Perraut, Jeffery T. Bonk
  • Patent number: 10829019
    Abstract: An occupant support includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat bottom is coupled to a floor of a vehicle. The seat back is coupled to the seat bottom to move relative to the seat bottom. The seat back includes a back rest and a headrest coupled to the backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Brian R. Dexter, Rod Goodrich, Jeffery T. Bonk, Ying (Carolyn) Zhao
  • Patent number: 10786162
    Abstract: A vehicle seat in accordance with the present disclosure includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back is coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend in an upward direction away from the seat bottom. The vehicle seat further includes an electronics system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew K. Benson, Dana R. Lowell, Sean M. Montgomery, Brian R. Dexter, Jeffery T. Bonk, David L. Cummings, Alexander S. Haase, Samuel Baudu, Radouane Boussetta, Pioter Drubetskoy, Anne-Isabelle Dacosta-Mallet
  • Publication number: 20200298784
    Abstract: A vehicle seat for supporting an occupant in a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a backrest and a headrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffery T. BONK
  • Patent number: 10640016
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat bottom is coupled to a floor of a vehicle to move relative to the floor. The seat bottom and seat back extend upwardly away from the vehicle floor and move relative to the vehicle floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Faurencia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery T. Bonk, Donald A. Sharnowski
  • Patent number: 10493864
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom coupled to a floor to move relative to the floor and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to move relative to the seat bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Dale J. Frye, Jeffery T. Bonk, Matthew Shinew, Todd Zeilinger
  • Patent number: 10479234
    Abstract: An occupant support adapted for use in a vehicle includes a seat bottom coupled to a floor of the vehicle and a seat back configured to pivot about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom. The occupant support further includes a seatback-motion controller configured to control movement of the seat back relative to the seat bottom between a blocked arrangement and a freed arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Cedric Ketels, Jeffery T. Bonk, Tristan Vanfossen
  • Patent number: 10427553
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to extend away from the seat bottom. The seat back includes a backrest an a headrest coupled to the backrest to locate the backrest between the headrest and the seat bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery T. Bonk, Dale J. Frye, Jared A. Judson, Timothy J. Moulton, Todd Zeilinger, Matthew Shinew
  • Patent number: 10391887
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom coupled to a floor of a vehicle to move relative to the floor and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to move relative to the seat bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Dale J. Frye, Jeffery T. Bonk
  • Patent number: 10300811
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom and move relative to the seat bottom. The vehicle seat is coupled to a vehicle floor for movement relative to the vehicle floor between a use arrangement and a storage arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery T. Bonk, Dale J. Frye, Timothy L. Moulton, Jared A. Judson