Patents by Inventor Sébastien Seille

Sébastien Seille 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: 11613188
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a seat cushion and an adjustment and suspension device having a base fixed to the frame and a supporting plate fixed to the seat cushion movable in translation relative to the base in a direction of elevation. The seat also has a restraint system that includes: at least one restraint member fixed to the frame, the restraint member defining at least one through opening extending along a main direction of elongation substantially parallel to the direction of elevation; and at least one restraint element fixed to the supporting plate, the through opening of the restraint member receiving the restraint element free in translation along the main direction of elongation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Siéges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Mustapha Younes, Sébastien Seille
  • Patent number: 11479151
    Abstract: A seat for a motor vehicle, the seat comprising a backrest and a seating portion, the backrest being mounted to rotate relative to the seating portion about a substantially transverse axis, a hinge being provided for adjusting a tilt of the backrest relative to the seating portion about the substantially transverse axis, the seat being provided with a plurality of means for controlling a movement of the hinge, the seat further comprising an interface for controlling said movement of the hinge, the interface comprising a central portion and a peripheral portion, the peripheral portion being arranged around the central portion, the interface further comprising a plurality of recesses shaped to receive the plurality of means for controlling the movement of said hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Mustapha Younes, Sébastien Seille, Erick-Pascal Levernieux
  • Publication number: 20220161700
    Abstract: A bench for a utility automotive vehicle, adapted to be installed transversely, in the front of a utility automotive vehicle, wherein the bench has a seat bottom framework and a seatback framework. The seat bottom framework comprises two lateral side plates, a first crosspiece and a second crosspiece with the first and second crosspieces each being fixed to each side plate. The seatback framework comprises at least two risers near the first crosspiece. Each riser is fixed to a respective side plate of the seat bottom framework such that in case of impact, the two risers come into contact with the first crosspiece in order to limit the deformation of the bench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Sébastien SEILLE, Claude DUBOULET, Nicolas COUTELLE
  • Publication number: 20210354600
    Abstract: A seat for a motor vehicle, the seat comprising a backrest and a seating portion, the backrest being mounted to rotate relative to the seating portion about a substantially transverse axis, a hinge being provided for adjusting a tilt of the backrest relative to the seating portion about the substantially transverse axis, the seat being provided with a plurality of means for controlling a movement of the hinge, the seat further comprising an interface for controlling said movement of the hinge, the interface comprising a central portion and a peripheral portion, the peripheral portion being arranged around the central portion, the interface further comprising a plurality of recesses shaped to receive the plurality of means for controlling the movement of said hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Mustapha YOUNES, Sébastien SEILLE, Erick-Pascal LEVERNIEUX
  • Publication number: 20210339659
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a seat cushion and an adjustment and suspension device having a base fixed to the frame and a supporting plate fixed to the seat cushion movable in translation relative to the base in a direction of elevation. The seat also has a restraint system that includes: at least one restraint member fixed to the frame, the restraint member defining at least one through opening extending along a main direction of elongation substantially parallel to the direction of elevation; and at least one restraint element fixed to the supporting plate, the through opening of the restraint member receiving the restraint element free in translation along the main direction of elongation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Mustapha YOUNES, Sébastien SEILLE
  • Patent number: 9919629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly (21), particularly for a seat frame (7), comprising a structural tube (15) and at least one frame wire (20) mounted on the structural tube (15). The frame wire is mounted on the structural tube (15) by metal forming without the addition of external material. The present invention also relates to a seat frame (7), particularly for a backrest or a seat portion of a vehicle seat, comprising a left side flank (10) and/or a right side flank (11). The seat frame comprises at least one structural tube (15) mounted to the left side flank (10) and/or to the right side flank (11) by metal forming without the addition of external material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Augusto Da Costa, Joël Canteleux, Sébastien Seille, Philippe Ducreuzot
  • Publication number: 20160214517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly (21), particularly for a seat frame (7), comprising a structural tube (15) and at least one frame wire (20) mounted on the structural tube (15). The frame wire is mounted on the structural tube (15) by metal forming without the addition of external material. The present invention also relates to a seat frame (7), particularly for a backrest or a seat portion of a vehicle seat, comprising a left side flank (10) and/or a right side flank (11). The seat frame comprises at least one structural tube (15) mounted to the left side flank (10) and/or to the right side flank (11) by metal forming without the addition of external material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Augusto DA COSTA, Joël CANTELEUX, Sébastien SEILLE, Philippe DUCREUZOT
  • Patent number: 9108532
    Abstract: A slide rail for an automotive vehicle seat comprising a first profile, a second profile and a lock, in which: the lock is movably mounted between an unlocked position and a locked position, the lock has a first series of teeth and a second series of teeth, remote from one another in an upright direction, the first series of teeth has a first stop surface and a second stop surface, opposing one another, coming into contact with the first profile to immobilize the lock relative to the first profile along a longitudinal direction, and the second series of teeth has a first stop surface and a second stop surface, opposing one another, coming into contact with a second profile to immobilize the lock relative to the second profile along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventor: Sébastien Seille
  • Publication number: 20120032059
    Abstract: A slide rail for an automotive vehicle seat comprising a first profile, a second profile and a lock, in which: the lock is movably mounted between an unlocked position and a locked position, the lock has a first series of teeth and a second series of teeth, remote from one another in an upright direction, the first series of teeth has a first stop surface and a second stop surface, opposing one another, coming into contact with the first profile to immobilize the lock relative to the first profile along a longitudinal direction, and the second series of teeth has a first stop surface and a second stop surface, opposing one another, coming into contact with a second profile to immobilize the lock relative to the second profile along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Faurcia Sieges d'Automobile
    Inventor: Sébastien Seille