Bright Automotive, Inc.

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Flagship Enterprise Center, Inc.

John E Waters

David B Busch

Rollin E Nothwehr

Herbert Gruber

Emery Jay Zadina

Jonathan Peter Cansfield

Sean Stanley

Michael Henderson

Roland Knoepke

Martin Goldman

Nathan Wills

Jeff Ronning

Lyle Shuey

Dale Frye

Peter LaDuke

Peter Fischer

Michael Churchill

Daniel A Friedman

John Clarke

Timothy D Bindon

David Lauzun

Sean Conway

David Crecelius

Hadrian Rori

William Blair

The subject invention is directed to a class of electric hybrid drives that can be retrofit easily to cars and trucks to reduce transportation costs. Certain embodiments include mechanisms for attachment to an existing powertrain, regenerative braking, on-the-road optimization of transportation costs depending on road and route conditions, or an operational mode in which motive power for a vehicle is solely derived from electric energy stored in a battery.

Electric hybrid drive for retrofitting to internal combustion vehicles

An automotive seat has a seat back and a seat bottom that are movable between a seating configuration and a work desk configuration. When moving from the seating configuration to the work desk configuration, the seat bottom pivots forwardly into a generally vertical orientation and the seat back pivots downwardly into a generally horizontal orientation. The seat bottom supports an end of the seat back when the seat bottom and the seat back are in the work desk configuration. The back surface of the seat back faces upwardly to provide a work surface when the seat bottom and the seat back are in the work desk configuration. Sufficient space is provided beneath the seat back when in the work desk configuration to accommodate a person's legs underneath the seat back.

Automotive seat reconfigurable to work desk

Vehicle

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Fortville, IN, United States of America

John E Waters