Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Himmel, IV

Joseph A. Himmel, IV 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).

  • Publication number: 20220314851
    Abstract: A seat support is provided with a plurality of layers of a non-foam material to mount to a seat frame and to support an occupant upon the seat frame. The plurality of layers is stacked upon each other, and each of the plurality of stacked layers has a generally uniform thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Michelle A. PERENY, Joseph A. HIMMEL, IV, Wu Pan ZAGORSKI, Bradley C. DUNCAN, Caleb A. ABBEY, Paul S. SEVERINSKI
  • Publication number: 20220314854
    Abstract: A seat support is provided with a plurality of layers of a non-foam material to mount to a seat frame and to support an occupant upon the seat frame. The plurality of layers is stacked upon each other. At least one of the plurality of stacked layers has a generally uniform thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Michelle A. PERENY, Joseph A. HIMMEL, IV, Wu Pan ZAGORSKI, Bradley C. DUNCAN, Caleb A. ABBEY, Paul S. SEVERINSKI, Sam BLAIR, David ABDELLA, Joshua HALLOCK, Ibrahim VALENZUELA, Haifeng LIU, Kevin M. GEISLER, Pat CARLSEN, William WEBSTER
  • Publication number: 20090096264
    Abstract: A thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthosis for vehicle is provided which provides back support to a vehicle occupant is disclosed. A vehicle occupant has a thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthosis prepared which represents a cast of his back. The device is placed within a pocket formed in a seat back cover. The original seat back cover is removed from the vehicle and is replaced with the seat back cover having the personalized thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthosis built in. As an alternative, a vehicle seat back cover having a forward-facing pocket is provided by the manufacturer as original equipment. A seat occupant may optionally have a thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthosis prepared and may slip the device into the forward-facing pocket. However, the seat having the forward-facing pocket may be fully functional without a device being provided in the forward-facing pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph A. Himmel, IV, Steven W. Nunez