Johnson Controls Technology Company

Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Adient Luxembourg Holding S.a.r.l.

Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms Gmbh & Co.

Adient US LLC

Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.

Alexander I Balin

Kurt A Seibold

Ornela Zekavica

Ingo Kienke

Daniel James Sakkinen

Eric Bernard Michalak

Jorg Linnenbrink

Mark S Williamson

Burckhard Becker

Burkhard Becker

Nicholas Petouhoff

Joseph F Prosniewski

Antoine A Kmeid

Edward J Lamont

Alexander Saveski

Phillip Wayne Wilson

William Shawn Brewer

Yannis Poulos

Ronald G Bedro

Todd W Waelde

Catherine M Amodeo

Kyle M Doxey

Michael Leighton

Gregg Laframboise

David Hayes

Miodrag Petrovich

Robert J Hicks

Anthony Kestian

Mark A Harris

Piotr Roszczenko

Elizabeth Ann Allen

Alex Saveski

Kurt A Seiboid

Michael G Buss

Andrew J Erard

Miodrag Mitch Petrovich

David J Hayes

Nicholas Leonard Petouhoff

Joseph Francis Prosniewski

Gregg R Laframboise

Nicholas L Petouhoff

Antoine Kmeid

Phillip W Wilson

Anthony M Kestian

Elizabeth A Allen

Michael J Leighton

A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seat, and a rail assembly operably connected to the seat to guide a forward/aft adjustment of a position of the seat in a direction parallel to a direction of the rail assembly. The rail assembly includes a forward/aft adjustment zone and a tilt adjustment zone. A seat motor is operably connected to the seat. The seat motor is configured to drive the seat along the rail assembly. A tilt adjustment mechanism is configured such that when the seat enters the tilt adjustment zone the seat is urged forward in a tilting motion about a seat pivot relative to the rail assembly, via translation of linear motion of the seat along the rail assembly into rotation of the seat about the seat pivot. The seat motor is configured to drive both the forward/aft adjustment and the tilting motion of the seat.

Vehicle seat having tilt and tumble functions

A vehicle seating system includes a latch having multiple teeth configured to engage respective windows within a rail to selectively block movement of a vehicle seat relative to the rail. The latch includes a first tooth and a second tooth longitudinally separated from one another. The first tooth includes an inner surface configured to contact a longitudinal end of a first window while the first tooth is engaged with the first window to block movement of the latch relative to the rail along a first longitudinal direction, and the second tooth includes an inner surface configured to contact a longitudinal end of a second window while the second tooth is engaged with the second window to block movement of the latch relative to the rail along a second longitudinal direction, opposite the first longitudinal direction.

Position adjustment assembly for vehicle seating

Vehicle seat (), with a seat part () and a backrest (), which comprises a lumbar support (), wherein the lumbar support () has a lumbar apex () towards the back of a seat occupant and tapers from there and that the lumbar support comprises a suspension) that results in load distribution with a primery load uptake () at the lumbar apex ().

Vehicle seat with a lumbar support

Longitudinal, adjuster () having an outer and an Inner rail (), characterized in that the outer rail () has a structural element () which absorbs vertical forces and has a flexible element which biases a rolling body () against the inner rail ().

Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat

Seat height adjustment having vertical slots (, FIG.) provided on the seat structure () and a displacer () which is provided with tilted slots () and which can be moved horizontally in order to lift or lower the seat.

Seat adjustment device for vertical adjustment of a vehicle seat

A seat back frame for use in a vehicle seat assembly including a first side member, a second side member, an upper cross member, and a lower cross member. The seat back frame also includes a load transfer member that transfers impact loads from a collision through the seat assembly.

Seat assembly having an impact load transfer structure

A rail guide that has at least one rail pair consisting of a floor rail () and a seat rail (). The seat rail () has connectors () for fastening a seat frame to be arranged above the rail pair. The rails can be moved relative to each other in a longitudinal direction along a movement path (). The floor rail () and the seat rail () are curved by the same circular radius of curvature () that ranges between 1,500 and 3,000 mm, in particular between 1,800 and 2,500 mm. The center point of curvature () is on the side of the rail pair facing away from the seat frame. The rail guide is a longitudinal adjustment device having a stationary spindle () and an associated spindle nut () that is longitudinally movable thereon, the spindle () being curved at the same circular radius of curvature (). Also described is a suitable method for producing said curved rails by at least one stamping mold () or by bending strips ().

Rail guide for a longitudinal adjustment of a motor vehicle seat and method for producing such a rail guide

A seat back structure includes a web extending about a central opening, and an inner flange extending about an inner perimeter of the web adjacent to the central opening. The seat back structure also includes an outer flange extending about an outer perimeter of the web. The inner flange, the outer flange and the web form a channel extending about the seat back structure, and the seat back structure is formed from a single piece of material.

One-piece seat back structure

A seat track system for use in a vehicle seat assembly having a seat base frame. The seat track system includes a lower track assembly having a first lower track and a second lower track and an upper track assembly having a first upper track slidably disposed within the first lower track and a second upper track slidably disposed within the second lower track. The first upper track has a portion extending upwards that forms a first side member of the seat base frame and the second upper track has a portion extending upwards that forms a second side member of the seat base frame. The first upper track and the first side member are formed integrally to form a one-piece unitary member and the second upper track and the second side member are formed integrally to form a one-piece unitary member.

Seat track system

Disclosed is a back rest structure for vehicle seats and a method for manufacturing the same. The back rest structure has a back panel element and a seat back frame element fixed to each other, where at least one of the back panel element or the seat back frame element is provided of a thermoplastic composite material comprising a thermoplastic compound material and a reinforcement material, wherein with respect to the thermoplastic material the reinforcement material represents 50 wt-% or more than 50 wt-%.

Vehicle seat back rest structure

A seat structure may be installed in a seat assembly. The seat structure may comprise plurality of tube members forming a substantially closed structure. Some of the tube members have a substantially uniform cross-sectional area along a substantial portion of its respective longitudinal length. At least a first set of the tube members has at least one of a different dimensional property and a different material property from a second set of the tube members such that mechanical properties of each tube member is configured for stress requirements for a respective region that the respective tube member occupies. The plurality of tube members are joined such that the plurality of tube members are in fixed positions relative to each other.

Seat structures and processes to create seat structures

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Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Alexander I Balin