Patents by Inventor Stuart Joseph Whitmore

Stuart Joseph Whitmore 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: 8439445
    Abstract: In the field of vehicle seats there is a need for an improved vehicle seat back tilt adjustment assembly that allows a user selectively to make small or large adjustments to the inclination of a vehicle seat back. A vehicle seat back tilt adjustment assembly comprises a guide member securable to a vehicle body; and an intermediate mechanism moveably coupled to the guide member. The intermediate mechanism includes first and second locking elements. The first locking element is moveable between a first configuration in which it is engagable with a vehicle seat back to secure the seat back to the intermediate mechanism and a second configuration in which the seat back is disengagable therefrom to allow the seat back to move independently of the intermediate mechanism. The second locking element selectively engages the guide member to secure the position of the intermediate mechanism relative to the guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Automotive (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Graham Perkins, Stuart Joseph Whitmore
  • Publication number: 20100213746
    Abstract: In the field of vehicle seats there is a need for an improved vehicle seat back tilt adjustment assembly that allows a user selectively to make small or large adjustments to the inclination of a vehicle seat back. A vehicle seat back tilt adjustment assembly comprises a guide member securable to a vehicle body; and an intermediate mechanism moveably coupled to the guide member. The intermediate mechanism includes first and second locking elements. The first locking element is moveable between a first configuration in which it is engagable with a vehicle seat back to secure the seat back to the intermediate mechanism and a second configuration in which the seat back is disengagable therefrom to allow the seat back to move independently of the intermediate mechanism. The second locking element selectively engages the guide member to secure the position of the intermediate mechanism relative to the guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Graham Perkins, Stuart Joseph Whitmore
  • Publication number: 20020038969
    Abstract: A headrest mounting for a seat, e.g,. for a motor vehicle, includes a mounting member (15) fitted in the seat backrest and affording an upwardly-open passage (21) for sliding reception of a downwardly extending headrest post (13); a locking member (25) extending transversely of the passage and having an opening (27) through which the post extends; spring means (31) biasing said locking member to become more inclined from the perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the post, so boundaries of said opening frictionally grip the post, and release means (23, 41) for causing the locking member to be oriented more nearly perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the post to release the post for longitudinal movement within said passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Stuart Joseph Whitmore, Robert Martin Beddall