Patents by Inventor Nathalie Large

Nathalie Large 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).

  • Play-free articulation for a seat with tipping backrest and its application to a seat with a backrest which can also be inclined
    Patent number: 5507561
    Abstract: An articulation having a fixed flange (21) secured to the seat part (11) and a movable flange (22) associated with the backrest (12), a bearing (30) made of male (31) and female parts (32), a lock (40) made of a fixed stop piece (41), of a movable latch (42) and of an elastic urging element (43), and an operating member (50) acting on the latch (42) counter to the elastic urging element (43). The articulation is such that at least one of these male (31) and female (32) parts has a non-circular configuration, and that the stop piece (41) has a cam-shaped profile and the latch (42) has a cam-follower-shaped profile and that the bearing (30) and the lock (40) are placed relative to one another in such a way that when the cam and cam follower are applied against one another the male part (31) and the female part (32) tend to move relative to one another in the direction which takes up the play between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Cesa-Compagnie Europeenne de Sieges pour Automobiles
    Inventors: Francais Fourrey, Nathalie Large