Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Cosco Management, Inc.

Gregory Brncick

Robert C Fitzpatrick

James Theodore Hotary

Samuel Baudu

Dana R Lowell

Dana J Lowell

Brian R Dexter

David J Spykerman

Timothy R Proulx

Adam Mekeel Mack

Michael Robert Catlin

Leonardo Lacenda Gomes

Jared Alden Judson

Timothy Moulton

Jason Mathew Hipshier

David John McCarthy

Matthew K Benson

Timothy Raymond Proulx

Christopher L Hogg

Lola Lafferty

Adam M Deck

Jeffrey T Stout

Kipp O Grumm

Philippe Duhamel

Joseph M Thompson

Jeffrey L Barber

Amit Kulkarni

Alan G Greene

Sam Palmer

Bernard Denis

Peter A Zorney

Scott W Kaufmann

Steven D Lepley

Michael J Burns

Robert Fender

Karen Brosnan

Kevin W J Kim

Andreas Kratz

Christophe Aufrere

Timothy L Moulton

Equipment and processes generate a seating solution by obtaining occupant data, calculating body dimensions from the occupant data, and calculating a best-fit body arrangement for an occupant. Occupant data may be obtained in various ways using available computational devices and software or by manually measuring the relevant dimensions on the occupant. A user interface for inputting occupant metrics and/or occupant measurements may be provided in a mobile terminal included in the vehicle or separate from the vehicle, thus giving users increased flexibility while maximizing simplicity and usability for the user or other personnel obtaining the data. Once an occupant's best-fit body arrangement is determined, it may be altered by changing the predetermined criteria to achieve optimum comfort, safety, and therapeutic benefit as well as used for providing improved comfort on a continuous basis and/or in response to detected or predicted vehicle, road, or atmospheric conditions.

System, methodologies, and components acquiring, analyzing, and using occupant body specifications for improved seating structures and environment configuration

A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to move relative to the seat bottom. The seat bottom includes a cushion configured to have a variable shape.

Seat cushion for a vehicle seat

A vehicle seat includes a seat back having a backrest, a backrest support, and a linkage arranged to interconnect the backrest and the backrest support. The linkage is configured to support the backrest for movement relative to the backrest support.

Controllable comfort shell for vehicle seat

A cushion is adapted to set on a seat pan included in a vehicle seat. The cushion includes an inflatable air bag in, for example, a lumbar-support device.

Vehicle seat cushion with inflatable support

A seat assembly includes a seat bottom with a deformable seat shell. The deformable seat shell is configured to change shape with a changing occupant load distribution. The seat shell is coupled with a support frame via a shell motion controller having one or more motion control links. Each motion control link is coupled with the seat shell at a fixed location relative to the seat shell and with the support frame at a fixed location relative to the support frame. The shell motion controller allows these fixed locations to move relative to each other and also constrains their relative movement. The combined seat shell deformation and controlled movement relative to the support frame can provide the seat occupant with a comfortable seating experience while preventing pelvis drift and potentially eliminating traditional foam seat cushions.

Deformable seat shell with motion control

A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The seat back includes a backrest and a headrest.

Compliant shell for vehicle seat

A seat back includes a backrest formed of a first polymeric material for supporting an occupant. A bracket formed of a different material than the first polymeric material of the backrest is anchored to the backrest for coupling to a seat cushion. A reinforcing composite layer is connected to the backrest and is formed of a second polymeric material and a plurality of fibers impregnated in the second polymeric material. The first polymeric material of the backrest is mechanically engaged with the bracket free of melt bonding between the first polymeric material of the backrest and the bracket. The first polymeric material of the backrest is melt bonded to the second polymeric material of the reinforcing composite layer integrating the backrest, the bracket, and the reinforcing composite layer.

Seat back including integrated backrest and reinforcing composite layer

A center console () includes a first panel () having a first upper surface () and a first padded portion (). The first padded portion () includes a first outer cover (). The first outer cover () is mounted to the first panel () such that a first cavity () is formed by at least a portion of the outer cover () and at least a portion of the upper surface (). The first padded portion () also includes first padding () located, in the first cavity ().

Integrated soft center floor console

A seating and console system for use in a seating row and configurable between a seating configuration and a console configuration. The system comprises a seat including a seat base and a seat back, and a console mounted to an opposite side of the seat back. The seat back rotates between a first position to provide the seating configuration and a second position to provide the console configuration that divides the seating row.

Configurable seating and console system

A pad is adapted to set on a seat pan included in a vehicle seat. The pad includes a cushion on the seat pan and a cushion cover on the cushion.

Vehicle seat pad

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Holland, MI, United States of America

Gregory Brncick