Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC

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Faurecia Automotive Services, LLC

Jeffery T Bonk

Dale J Frye

Robert C Fitzpatrick

Jared Alden Judson

Timothy Moulton

Matthew Shinew

Brian R Dexter

Christopher L Hogg

Cedric Ketels

John M Perraut

Matthew K Benson

Todd A Zeilinger

Samuel Baudu

Tristan J Vanfossen

Dana R Lowell

Adam M Deck

Pioter Drubetskoy

Sean M Montgomery

Miroslav Tasevski

Maria-Teresa Camodeca

Radouane Boussetta

Anne-Isabelle Dacosta-Mallet

Alexander S Haase

David L Cummings

Rod Goodrich

David Adrian Moelker

Todd Sieting

Raghvendra Trimbakrao Joshi

Ying (Carolyn) Zhao

Donald A Sharnowski

James J Farber

Victoria Urban

Brendan Laiben

Christian Teske

Jake Sternberg

John Gettermeyer

Claire Mitchell

Miroslav Taveski

A vehicle includes a vehicle frame and one or more occupant supports coupled to the vehicle frame. The occupant support includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor. The vehicle includes a restraint system configured to mount the seat bottom and the seat back to at least one of the floor and the rear wall of the vehicle frame and secure a seat occupant to the rear occupant support.

Vehicle and occupant support for a vehicle

A heat mat is configured to provide conductive heat to an occupant in a vehicle. The heat mat includes a mat foundation, a conductive layer coupled to the mat foundation, and a conductor harness configured to couple the conductive layer to a power source. The heat mat is configured to be installed on a vehicle component. A method includes assembling the mat foundation, the conductive layer, and the conductive harness together.

Heat mat for vehicle seat

An occupant support surface heater includes a foundation, a cover, an optional comfort layer, an activation layer, and at least one bus bar secured between the foundation and the cover. The foundation may include a foam pad and the comfort layer includes a conductive material mat that is contiguous with the foundation. The activation layer includes thermally conductive material in the form of an inorganic or organic nanotube structure to provide efficient thermal diffusion and heat delivery for the occupant support. The occupant support surface heater may be used to heat an occupant in the occupant support or to provide heat at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time in order to destroy live viruses or live bacteria at a surface of the unoccupied occupant support.

Occupant support surface heater

Method of manufacturing a heat mat

An occupant support includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back is coupled to the seat bottom and includes a headrest and a backrest. The occupant support is configured to support an occupant resting thereon before, during, and after an impact force is applied to the occupant support.

Occupant positioner

An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor, and a seat mode-change system that allows the rear occupant support to adjust the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a storage space.

A rear row occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor, and a seat mode-change system that allows the rear occupant support to adjust its position to provide a storage space.

A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. A cushion is included in each of the seat bottom and seat back. A stream of air is provided to at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a ventilated vehicle seat for a passenger seated on the vehicle seat.

Vehicle seat cushion with integrated ventilation

An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor. The occupant support further includes a seat mode-change system that allows the occupant support to adjust the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a storage space.

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.

Vehicle seat with self-adjusting display

A fluid-distribution system for use with one or more vehicle sub-systems in a vehicle includes a first transfer conduit, a second transfer conduit, and a valve unit. The first transfer conduit defines a first interior space and is coupled to a fluid source to receive and direct a fluid through the first interior space. The second transfer conduit defines a second interior space and is spaced apart downstream from the first transfer conduit. The valve unit extends between and interconnects the first transfer conduit and the second transfer conduit.

Valve for vehicle

A seat frame side member includes a frame body and a structural attachment point configured to connect a seat feature to the seat frame side member. The structural attachment point includes a projection extending from the frame body to a distal end. The projection includes a seat feature receiving portion at the distal end of the projection and a seat feature seating portion between the seat feature receiving portion and the frame body, and the seat feature receiving portion has a cross-sectional thickness that is different from a cross-sectional thickness of the seat feature seating portion. The seat frame side member can have an anisotropic microstructure with a plurality of layers built by additive manufacturing.

Seat frame side member

A method and an apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seat pad including at least one trench, a plurality of discrete fasteners positioned within the at least one trench, and a mat placed on the seat pad. The mat comprises a main portion that includes an electrical element and at least one extension panel extending outwardly from an outer edge of the main portion and being devoid of the electrical element. The at least one extension panel includes fastener openings with each fastener opening being aligned with one fastener of the plurality of discrete fasteners when the at least one extension panel is tucked into the at least one trench. A seat cover has an inner surface that faces the mat and includes an attachment feature that is aligned with the fastener openings. The attachment feature extends through the fastener openings and engages the plurality of discrete fasteners to secure the mat between the seat pad and the seat cover.

Method and apparatus for mat retention in a seat assembly

A vehicle seat for supporting an occupant in a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a backrest and a headrest.

Backrest of a vehicle seat

An occupant support includes a seat and a seat cover. The seat is adapted to support an occupant resting thereon. The seat cover is coupled to the seat and arranged to lie between the occupant and the seat.

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Chesterfield, MI, United States of America

Jeffery T Bonk