Patents by Inventor Robert M. Healy

Robert M. Healy 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).

  • Pivoting seat back
    Patent number: 6109690
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly having a seat back which pivots during a rear impact vehicle collision in Such a manner that the upper end of the seat back rotates foreword. The pivoting seat back includes a releasable latch mechanism to hold the seat back frame fixed in a predetermined position about a pivot axis. The latch mechanism is releasable by inertia forces in response to a rear vehicle collision, to release the latch member and free the seat back frame for rotation about the pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Wei-Pin Wu, John J. Flannery, Robert H. Dietze, Sr., Joseph P. Vitale, Mark A. Pattok, Jeffrey A. Lindberg, Robert M. Healy