Johnson Controls Technology Company

Johnson Controls Technology LLC

Seat Revolution, Inc.

David Hensel

Eric Bernard Michalak

Lance Erick Larsen

Robert L Hancock

Jemsheer Thayyullathil

Terrence M Cussen

Stephen T Brightbill

David W Flesner

William H Jones

Paul A Repicky

Albert Poon Wai Tong

Wesley Yau Tze Ming

Tony Wong Hing Leung

Eric Lai Sai Cheong

Joseph W McElroy

Michael R Benzing

Jeffery A DeBoer

Robert Michael Benzing

Philip Carbone

A seat for use by an occupant in a vehicle. The seat includes a seat base configured to be supported in the vehicle. A back frame including a first transverse member, a first side member and a second side member, wherein the first transverse member interconnects each of the side members at a location toward an upper end of the back frame. The back frame further includes a second transverse member interconnecting the first and second side members a spaced distance from the first transverse member. A compliant back member having a first end operably connected to the first transverse member and a second end operably connected to the second transverse member. A biasing member having a first end operatively engaging the compliant back member and a second end being anchored with respect to the back frame wherein when a seat occupant's back applies a force to the compliant back member, the biasing member applies a reaction force.

Seat back adjustment mechanism

A vehicle seat for use by an occupant in a vehicle, for example an automobile. The vehicle seat comprises a seat base () coupled to a support structure () of the vehicle. A back frame () including side members (), the back frame further includes a second transverse member () coupled to the first and second side members, wherein the side members each have a lower end pivotably coupled to the seat base. A compliant back () is operably connected at an upper end to the second transverse member () and operably connected at a lower portion proximate the lower ends of the side members, and may include a biasing mechanism. The seat may also include a tuberosity pivot () coupled to the back frame () and the seat base (), which pivot may be motorized.

Automotive seat with active back

a seating structure provides improved comfort and includes a single, pair, or multiple numbers of moving seating assemblies with independent platforms, especially suited for the automotive or aircraft seating environments. A motion mechanism provides each seating assembly with at least one of total rocking, vertical up and down movement, lateral, and limited slight turning movement and in one embodiment generally constrains the seat members of the seat assemblies from interference with each other. The seating assemblies are provided at a neutral angle that corresponds to the particular application of the seat. Independent up and down movement, and rocking, improves seating comfort health, and safety especially as applied to a seating environment, where a user is likely to be seated for an extended period, such as in an automobile or aircraft.

Two platform motion seat

An upper back support in a vehicle seat, with the vehicle seat having a base assembly including a seat support. The seat member is supported on the base assembly and a back frame is pivoted to the base assembly for movement. A back shell is connected to the back frame and an upper back support is coupled to the back shell. The upper back support comprises a panel having a lower portion and an upper portion, with the lower portion flexibly coupled to the back shell of the vehicle seat. A resilient member is coupled to the panel proximate the upper portion and to the back shell of the vehicle seat. An additional resilient member can be coupled to the panel proximate the upper portion and to the back shell of the vehicle seat in a spaced apart relationship to the other resilient member.

Upper back support for a seat

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Canton, MI, United States of America

David Hensel