Patents by Inventor Tamizharasan Shanmugam

Tamizharasan Shanmugam 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).

  • Recliner mechanism
    Patent number: 8777316
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is movable between a first position and a second position and includes a scat back and seat cushion for coupling to a track adjuster for use in a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a recliner mechanism coupled to the seat back and the seat cushion. The vehicle seat further includes a stow mechanism coupled to the recliner mechanism and an easy entry mechanism coupled to the recliner mechanism and stow mechanism, wherein, when the stow mechanism is actuated, the easy entry mechanism is not actuated and when the easy entry mechanism is actuated, the stow mechanism is not actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Tamizharasan Shanmugam, Kurt Siebold, Paul Arthur Gilmore, David D. Sheill, Bruce A. Hiemstra
  • RECLINER MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20100283301
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is movable between a first position to a second position and includes a seat back, seat cushion for coupling to a track adjuster for use in a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a recliner mechanism coupled to the seat back and the seat cushion. The vehicle seat further includes a stow mechanism coupled to the recliner mechanism and an easy entry mechanism coupled to the recliner mechanism and stow mechanism, wherein, when the stow mechanism is actuated, the easy entry mechanism is not actuated and when the easy entry mechanism is actuated, the stow mechanism is not actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Tamizharasan Shanmugam, Kurt Siebold, Paul Arthur Gilmore, David D. Sheill, Bruce A. Hiemstra