Patents by Inventor Todd Sieting

Todd Sieting 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: 11897395
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is equipped with a display mounted on a reclinable seat back. The display self-adjusts to maintain a desired viewing angle when the recline angle of the seat back changes. The display is selectively locked or unlocked with respect to the seat back to move about a pivot axis. When a change in the recline angle is detected, the display is unlocked until the desired viewing angle is reestablished. Display movement relative to the seat can be damped rotational movement or motorized movement. A user can interact with the display to set or change the desired viewing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Fitzpatrick, Jeffery Bonk, James Farber, Todd Sieting
  • Patent number: 11541821
    Abstract: An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom and a seat back. At least one of the seat bottom and the seat back includes an integrated article-drying system configured to dry articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventor: Todd Sieting
  • Publication number: 20220348148
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is equipped with a display mounted on a reclinable seat back. The display self-adjusts to maintain a desired viewing angle when the recline angle of the seat back changes. The display is selectively locked or unlocked with respect to the seat back to move about a pivot axis. When a change in the recline angle is detected, the display is unlocked until the desired viewing angle is reestablished. Display movement relative to the seat can be damped rotational movement or motorized movement. A user can interact with the display to set or change the desired viewing angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Robert FITZPATRICK, Jeffery BONK, James FARBER, Todd SIETING
  • Publication number: 20210276491
    Abstract: An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom and a seat back. At least one of the seat bottom and the seat back includes an integrated article-drying system configured to dry articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Todd SIETING
  • Patent number: 10919422
    Abstract: An occupant support comprising a vehicle seat that includes a seat back with a seat-back cover arranged to extend around a seat-back cushion and a seat bottom that includes a seat-bottom cover arranged to extend around a seat-bottom cushion. The occupant support further includes a forced air unit configured to provide a pressurized flow of air to at least one of the seat bottom and seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Sieting, David C Hart
  • Publication number: 20200269736
    Abstract: An occupant support comprising a vehicle seat that includes a seat back with a seat-back cover arranged to extend around a seat-back cushion and a seat bottom that includes a seat-bottom cover arranged to extend around a seat-bottom cushion. The occupant support further includes a forced air unit configured to provide a pressurized flow of air to at least one of the seat bottom and seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Todd SIETING, David C. HART
  • Patent number: 10648464
    Abstract: A vehicle seat in accordance with the present disclosure includes a seat bottom, a seat back, and an occupant comfort system. The occupant comfort system includes a pneumatic pump and a pneumatic bladder. The pneumatic pump provides a stream of pressurized air to the pneumatic bladder to inflate the pneumatic bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Robert C. Fitzpatrick, Todd Sieting
  • Patent number: 10358054
    Abstract: An occupant support adapted for use in a vehicle includes a seat bottom coupled to a floor of the vehicle and a seat back configured to pivot about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a folded-forward position. The occupant support further includes an upper-back support system configured to support an upper back of an occupant of the occupant support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Chad W. Durkee, Todd Sieting, Shaun D. Tait
  • Publication number: 20190038147
    Abstract: An occupant support includes a seat and a seat cover. The seat is adapted to support an occupant resting thereon. The seat cover is couple to the seat and arranged to lie between the occupant and the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: John M. PERRAUT, Jeffery T. BONK, Chad W. DURKEE, Todd SIETING
  • Publication number: 20180009339
    Abstract: An occupant support adapted for use in a vehicle includes a seat bottom coupled to a floor of the vehicle and a seat back configured to pivot about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a folded-forward position. The occupant support further includes an upper-back support system configured to support an upper back of an occupant of the occupant support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Chad W. DURKEE, Todd SIETING, Shaun D. TAIT
  • Publication number: 20170370357
    Abstract: A vehicle seat in accordance with the present disclosure includes a seat bottom, a seat back, and an occupant comfort system. The occupant comfort system includes a pneumatic pump and a pneumatic bladder. The pneumatic pump provides a stream of pressurized air to the pneumatic bladder to inflate the pneumatic bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Robert C. FITZPATRICK, Todd SIETING
  • Patent number: 9669744
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom (16) and a seat back (18) extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The seat back (18) includes a backrest and a backrest cover (28) coupled to the backrest, said backrest including a backrest frame (26) made from composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Yang Cao, John M. Perraut, Ravikant K. Deore, Adrian Negrut, Kevin L. Wright, Lola Lafferty, Harsh Bhagat, Todd Sieting, Benjamin Louis, Olivier Boinais
  • Publication number: 20160009209
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom (16) and a seat back (18) extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The seat back (18) includes a backrest and a backrest cover (28) coupled to the backrest, said backrest including a backrest frame (26) made from composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yang CAO, John M. PERRAUT, Ravikant K. DEORE, Adrian NEGRUT, Kevin L. WRIGHT, Lola LAFFERTY, Harsh BHAGAT, Todd SIETING, Benjamin LOUIS, Olivier BOINAIS
  • Publication number: 20060091704
    Abstract: There is provided an open roof construction for a vehicle having a closure means (4) of which at least one of its forward and rearward edges is movable by a guide mechanism. The guide mechanism comprises a stationary guiding (7), a slide (12) engaging said guiding and a link member (16) that in a sliding and hingeable manner engages the stationary guiding, such that when the slide (12) moves the respective edge of the closure means (4) not only moves along with the slide but also is moved away or towards the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Boutin, Todd Sieting