Patents by Inventor Stephane SOLTNER

Stephane SOLTNER 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: 20240059200
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adjusting device for a headrest of a vehicle seat, the adjusting device comprising: a backrest fastening for attaching to a backrest, a holding device with a vertical adjustment means for adjusting the headrest in vertical direction, a longitudinal adjusting means for adjusting the holding device in a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal adjusting means comprising a four-joint gear provided between the backrest fastening and the holding device, the four-joint gear comprising two guiding arms. Here, the longitudinal adjusting means comprises a spindle drive, the spindle drive being provided between the holding device and one of the guiding arms. The guiding arm is preferably a front guiding arm. A spindle of the spindle drive is preferably translationally displaceable and provided in an arc-shaped slot guiding of the guiding arm. Moreover, a vertical adjustment by a second spindle drive is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Stephane SOLTNER
  • Patent number: 10493889
    Abstract: A rack of molded plastic having a series of notches open in a first direction, each notch having a certain width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The notches are aligned in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, and each notch is defined by a bottom and by first and second side walls extending in the first direction from the bottom to a mouth of the notch. A rib projects into each notch from the first side wall, and the bottom of the notch has a through-opening arranged in correspondence with the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Stephane Soltner, Francois Lelievre, Franck Ganuchaud
  • Patent number: 10377285
    Abstract: A headrest assembly for a vehicle seat includes two pins each extending along an adjustment direction between a lower end and an upper end, each of the two pins having a mounting portion comprising the lower end and adapted to be fixed to a backrest of a seat, an adjustment portion comprising the upper end, and an intermediate portion between the mounting portion and the adjustment portion. The seat further includes a support structure adapted to support the head of a user, and an interface made of overmolded plastic and interconnecting the intermediate portions of the two pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÈGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Stephane Soltner, Francois Lelievre, David Gayon
  • Publication number: 20180065523
    Abstract: A headrest assembly for a vehicle seat includes two pins each extending along an adjustment direction between a lower end and an upper end, each of the two pins having a mounting portion comprising the lower end and adapted to be fixed to a backrest of a seat, an adjustment portion comprising the upper end, and an intermediate portion between the mounting portion and the adjustment portion. The seat further includes a support structure adapted to support the head of a user, and an interface made of overmolded plastic and interconnecting the intermediate portions of the two pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Stephane SOLTNER, Francois LELIEVRE, David GAYON
  • Publication number: 20180029509
    Abstract: A rack of molded plastic having a series of notches open in a first direction, each notch having a certain width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The notches are aligned in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, and each notch is defined by a bottom and by first and second side walls extending in the first direction from the bottom to a mouth of the notch. A rib projects into each notch from the first side wall, and the bottom of the notch has a through-opening arranged in correspondence with the rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Stephane SOLTNER, Francois LELIEVRE, Franck GANUCHAUD