Patents by Inventor Thierry Guerinot

Thierry Guerinot 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).

  • Vehicle seat fitted with a side-positioned safety airbag
    Patent number: 5979979
    Abstract: This concerns a vehicle seat the back of which comprises a side-positioned safety airbag placed in a casing integrated into the seat back. The upholstery sleeve of the seat back comprises a cut out section placed to correspond with the casing front face, and the edge of the sleeve which borders the casing front face is engaged in a groove which surrounds this front face and which is integral with the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Equipements SA
    Inventors: Thierry Guerinot, Jerome Senechal
  • Motor vehicle seat padding
    Patent number: 5544942
    Abstract: A seat padding, in particular for a motor vehicle seat backrest, includes a foam block whose support face has a recess closed by a base towards the opposite face, and filled with an insert of material permeable to air and/or moisture. The recess is arranged between two lining return grooves defining two re-entrant lines in the cover surrounding the padding and symmetrical with respect to the vertical mid-plane of the padding. The recess is separated from the grooves by two respective shoulders made of a hard foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Bertrand Faure Automobile "BFA"
    Inventors: Tham Vu Khac, Michel Sabin, Thierry Guerinot