Bertrand Faure Equipements S.a.

Faurecia Sieges D'automobile

Faurecia Sieges D/automobile S.a.

Bertrand Faure Equipments Sa

Betrand Faure Equipments S.a.

Christophe Aufrere

Bruno Hamelin

Patrick Daniel

Jean-Claude Aumond

Jacques Robert

Slawomir Klukowski

Joel Canteleux

Fabrice Charras

Adolfo Castro

Gérald Thevenot

Laurent Liaigre

Jo&euml;l Canteleux

Jean-Claude Aumont

Mark Moller

Francedillaois Sensby

Erik Levernieux

Gerald Morin

Pierre Bequet

Richard Farnault

Ho-Sung Kang

Device for energy absorption in particular for an automotive vehicle seat upon impact, said device comprising a first element substantially in the form of a plate with a hole and a second element inserted in the hole, said first element comprising a series of cutouts that are successive along a deformation direction and define a series of yokes between each other extending along a direction of elongation transversal to the direction of deformation, said yokes having each a length along the direction of elongation, said length increases strictly from one yoke to the next according to the distance of the yokes in relation to the second element and the yokes having an overall concavity turned towards the second element.

Device for energy absorption upon impact for an automotive seat

Vehicle seat structure comprising first and second metal sections that extend substantially parallel to one and the same plane in two different directions and that form a junction where the first and second sections are welded together. The first section comprises a cut-out into which the second section is fitted.

Vehicle seat structure and seat comprising such a structure

The seat includes a backrest () installed so as to pivot on the seat pan () and arranged to be placed in a table position where the rear wall of the backrest is maintained in horizontal position, more or less parallel to a seat support frame () arranged to be attached to the floor () of the vehicle, the seat pan () being itself installed on the said frame in a tiltable manner, so that it can be positioned, with a sufficient tilt angle, the rear of the seat pan being raised, so that the backrest tilted on the seat pan can be placed in the said table position. The seat pan () is attached to the frame () by a set of links () forming, with the frame and the seat pan, a deformable quadrilateral (ABCD) such that a pivoting of the links leads to the deformation of the said quadrilateral to place the seat pan in the said sufficient tilt angle position, and locking means () are provided to lock the pivoting of the links in relation to the seat pan or the frame.

Automobile vehicle seat including a backrest pivoting in relation to the seat pan and which can be placed in table position

The automobile vehicle seat features a seat back hinged on the seat pan and device for blocking the seat back with respect to the seat pan in the event of forward impact. The automobile vehicle seat features a height adjustment mechanism. The device for blocking the seat back includes a cam pivot-mounted on the shaft, and a weight joined to the cam, with the cam arranged so upon impact the cam, pivots by the inertia of the weight and the cam engages with a lower edge of the seat back frame, such that pivoting of the seat back is prevented by bracing of the cam against the lower edge and such that this produces a high radial force on the height adjustment shaft, thereby limiting the possibilities of rotation of the height adjustment shaft.

Automobile vehicle seat with hinged back featuring means for blocking the seat back in the event of front crash

A vehicle seat comprising a rigid support structure provided with a rear central beam, which structure carries a headrest, a seat proper, and a seat back carried by the central beam. The seat back is pivotally mounted on the central beam via two couplings that enable the seat back to move rearwards, under a force greater than a predetermined limit value.

Vehicle seat with protection from shock loads

A seat for a motor vehicle has a seat with two side flanges mutually joined by a transverse tube. An anchoring wire for securing an element designed to be placed on the seat is joined at two ends to a flap extending in the vicinity of the transverse tube. Extending between the two ends is an open loop and a fixing section. The anchoring wire is deformable under the action of a strong force exerted on the fixing section, causing the loop to contract around the tube and transmit the force to the tube.

Vehicle seat with anchoring wire to secure an element onto this seat

A vehicle seat has a horizontal safety bar which restricts the displacement of the occupant in the event of an accident. This bar is moved towards the occupant by means of an activating device in the event of an accident, following a certain activation trajectory, after which the bar is displaced in the opposite direction applying deceleration on a dissipation trajectory, the initial portion of which follows the final portion of the activation trajectory.

Vehicle seat having a movable safety bar

A vehicle seat frame assembly includes two lateral upright side members and a brace connected between the upright side members to form a lower backrest frame. At least one of the upright side members has an upper end and it is rigid from a bottom of the lower backrest frame to the upper end, the upper end further including a point for attaching or passing a seat belt. An upper backrest frame is located above the lower backrest frame and is positioned below the upper end of the at least one upright side member. A hinge is provided for mounting the upper backrest frame at a lower edge thereof to the upright side members for allowing pivotal movement of the upper backrest frame relative to the lower backrest frame.

Backrest framework of an automobile vehicle seat

A method of making a vehicle seat in which the strength member of the back has a first upright connected to the strength member of the seat proper by a hinge mechanism, a second upright that is not as strong as the first and that is hinged to the strength member of the seat proper, and two horizontal cross-members, the two cross-members and the top portion of the second upright being constituted by a tube folded into a general U-shape and of section that varies along its length. The method includes a step which consists in imparting the final shape to the tube by hydroforming, starting from an initial tube of substantially constant section.

Method of making a vehicle seat, and a vehicle seat made by the method

An armature assembly is provided for a vehicle seat. The assembly includes an armature having a central web extending in a plane substantially orthogonal to the transverse direction of the vehicle seat. A first flange extends from a first edge of the central web that is situated towards the outside of the seat, the first flange extending in a first direction toward an opposite side member. A second flange extends from a second edge of the central web that is situated towards the inside of the seat, the second flange being directed toward a second direction, opposite the first.

Profiled armature for motor vehicle seat

The headrest (1) comprises a translation guidance assembly (10) guided along a spindle (2) attached to the seat back and an articulation assembly (20) that is mounted swivelling on the guidance assembly, around an axis (7). A locking member (30) swivels on the guidance assembly (10) around an axis (8) that is parallel to the axis (7), between a locked and an unlocked position. The locking member comprises a pad (31) shaped to press on the spindle (2) in the locked position, and a head (32) that is shaped to lock on a curved section (23), attached to the articulation assembly. In this locked position, that the locking member takes under the effect of inertia after a collision, the headrest can neither pivot backwards nor slide downwards. Application of the headrest is directed to automotive vehicle seats.

Headrest for an automotive vehicle

A vehicle seat includes a backrest and a seat part which is formed by a cushion secured to a first rigid armature itself supported by a second rigid armature on which the backrest is mounted, it being possible for the first armature to be moved back and forth with respect to the second armature and the second armature being supported by a raising mechanism. This raising mechanism includes at least one raising connecting piece having a driving portion which, with respect to the second armature, undergoes a backward relative movement when the seat part is moved up and a forward relative movement when the seat part is moved down, this driving portion being mechanically linked with the first armature.

Vehicle seat having a height-  and length-adjustable seat part

A vehicle seat has a cushion supported by a suspension web extending within a rigid frame. The suspension web is elastically deformable in traction in a longitudinal direction and it is fixed to the frame at one of its longitudinal ends, while its other longitudinal end is fixed to a portion of a raising mechanism enabling the height of the seat proper to be adjusted by the user acting directly on the seat proper. The suspension web exerts traction on the raising mechanism that urges the seat proper upwards.

Vehicle seat having a seat proper that is adjustable in height

A vehicle seat includes a seat part which is formed by a cushion secured to a first armature itself supported by a second armature on which the backrest is mounted, it being possible for the first armature to be moved back and forth with respect to the second armature. The first armature includes a rear part which is suspended from the second-armature by at least one rear connecting piece, and the first armature further includes a front part which is linked to the second armature by a front mechanism compatible with the rocking motion of the rear part of the first armature. When a user is seated in the seat, the first armature is urged backward by the weight of the user.

Vehicle seat with adjustable seat part length

The seat comprises several swivelling pins parallel with each other and about which the seat nose pivots successively from a given position to a following one, while the seat nose has the general shape of a polygon, the successive sides of which have increasing lengths. The position of said pins in relation to said sides is such that the seat nose surface facing upwards in each one of said positions is substantially in prolongation of the top surface of the cushion and in close proximity to it.

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Marcoussis, France

Christophe Aufrere