Patents by Inventor John Bleau

John Bleau 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: 11642993
    Abstract: A seat mounting structure for at least one seat in a vehicle having a vehicle structure is provided. The seat mounting structure may have a seat rib cage configured as a universal solitary mounting bracket to which at least one seat can be affixed. The seat rib cage may have a plurality of rib cage elements connected with each other to form the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of seat mounting points for mounting the at least one seat to the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of vehicle structure mounting points for mounting the seat rib cage to the vehicle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: John J. Gomez, James D. Biebel, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski, Kurt A. Seibold, Xin Wei Jolene Ng, John Bleau, Raymond Anthony Iavasile
  • Patent number: 11505099
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a seat trim structure for a vehicle seat with at least a mounting element having a plurality of integrated retaining elements, a number of detachable support members, and a number of detachable trim elements. The support members may be detachably arranged to the mounting element and the integrated retaining elements may be configured to detachably retain the number of trim elements to the mounting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: John J. Gomez, James D. Biebel, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski, Kurt A. Seibold, Xin Wei Jolene Ng, John Bleau, Walter Daniel Merchant, Raymond Anthony Iavasile
  • Patent number: 11458867
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an occupant support element that may have at least one structural support element. Further, the present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat that may have such an occupant support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: John J. Gomez, John Bleau, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski
  • Publication number: 20200215944
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a seat trim structure for a vehicle seat with at least a mounting element having a plurality of integrated retaining elements, a number of detachable support members, and a number of detachable trim elements. The support members may be detachably arranged to the mounting element and the integrated retaining elements may be configured to detachably retain the number of trim elements to the mounting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: John J. Gomez, Jame D. Biebel, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski, Kurt A. Seibold, Xin Wei Jolene NG, John Bleau, Walter Daniel Merchant, Raymond Anthony Iavasile
  • Publication number: 20200215946
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an occupant support element that may have at least one structural support element. Further, the present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat that may have such an occupant support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: John J. Gomez, John Bleau, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski
  • Publication number: 20200215934
    Abstract: A seat mounting structure for at least one seat in a vehicle having a vehicle structure is provided. The seat mounting structure may have a seat rib cage configured as a universal solitary mounting bracket to which at least one seat can be affixed. The seat rib cage may have a plurality of rib cage elements connected with each other to form the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of seat mounting points for mounting the at least one seat to the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of vehicle structure mounting points for mounting the seat rib cage to the vehicle structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: John J. Gomez, James D. Biebel, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski, Kurt A. Seibold, Xin Wei Jolene NG, John Bleau, Raymond Anthony Iavasile
  • Patent number: 6575494
    Abstract: An active head restraint for an automotive seat which includes a base component, a headrest support, and a gas bag module. The base component is connected to the seat. The headrest support is detachably connected to the base component. The gas module is integrated between the base component and the headrest support in such a manner that in a restraining event detected by sensors, the headrest support component is released from the base component by inflating a gas bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Alexander Heilig, Lothar Zink, Andreas Loos, Alfred Scholl, John Bleau, Juergen Kretschmer
  • Patent number: 6502886
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transporting objects in a vehicle. The device consists of an essentially trough-shaped holding container. The aim of the invention is to make the device more secure and more user-friendly. To this end, the holding container consists of a frame-type fixing part which can be fixed inside the vehicle, and at least one part-container which can be removed from the fixing part to form an access opening in the area of a part for accommodating a spare wheel on the vehicle side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: John Bleau, Tamas Karacsonyi, Mike Dearman