Johnson Controls Technology Company

Adient Luxembourg Holding S.a.r.l.

Adient US LLC

Adient Engineering and IP Gmbh

Hoover Universal, Inc.

Other

Johnson Controls Technology LLC

Johnson Controls Metals and Mechanisms Gmbh & Co.

Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.

Kurt A Seibold

John Gomez

Ingo Kienke

James D Biebel

Alexander I Balin

Raza Ahmed Bashir

Mark S Milner

Dalibor Dimovski

Michael J Kapusky

Michael John Thomas

Kyle M Doxey

Jorg Linnenbrink

Jeff Laho

Eric Bernard Michalak

Brennon L White

Ornela Zekavica

John Joseph Bleau

Duane Potes

Alexander Saveski

Burckhard Becker

Rick A Anderson

David Paul Thimm

Craig David Flowerday

Burkhard Becker

Raymond Anthony Iavasile

Daniel James Sakkinen

Joseph Gasko

Mark A Harris

Mark Caye

Nathan Caruss

William Shawn Brewer

Kenneth M Clark

Anthony J DiSalvo

Brent Burton

Ronald G Bedro

Emery Jay Zadina

Catherine M Amodeo

Michael Leighton

Nick G Xiromeritis

Jennifer Carlson

Joseph F Prosniewski

Edward J Lamont

Brian S Holder

Timothy S Myers

Anthony M Kestian

Vanja Cemalovic

David Hayes

Aleksandar D Malusev

Miodrag Petrovich

Robert J Hicks

Richard Tann

Xin Wei Jolene Ng

Travis W Simmons

John David Kotre

Christopher P Kubacki

William H Jones

Gregory Steinke

Mark A Pattok

Phillip Wayne Wilson

Walter Daniel Merchant

Michael B Clor

Keith R Ziegler

Ioan N Ghergheli

Michael C Nazione

Alex Saveski

Alan J King

Leslie Griswold

Terrence Duncan

John G Opfer

Gregg Ronald Laframboise

Mark S Williamson

Patrick Donnelly

Srinivasa N Sanku

Omela Zekavica

Joseph Francis Porsniewski

Beau Loren Anderson

James P LeFevre

Yednesh A Parnaik

Mihai Butas

Fawaz Yono

Karl Noffz

Elizabeth A Allen

Patricia L Conn

Joseph A Gasko

Jeffrey David Laho

Aaron Escobedo

Michael J Leighton

Weili Zhang

Jennifer J Carlson

Peter James Leite

Andrew J Erard

Michael G Buss

Youzhi Xiong

Yogesh A Pawar

Joel Jamison

Carlos F Lopez

Miodrag Mitch Petrovich

David J Hayes

A headrest adjusting device for headrest adjustment with respect to a backrest may have a headrest mounting bracket and a slide device movable mounted on the headrest mounting bracket. The headrest mounting bracket may have a seat belt retainer movable mounted on the headrest mounting bracket. A seat structure for a vehicle seat may also have the headrest adjusting device.

Seat and seat mounting structure

A seat tilting system for tilting a seat, in particular a vehicle seat, may have at least a seat support structure to support and mount the seat, a base platform defining a reference plane, and a number of swivel actuators coupling the seat support structure relative to the base platform. At least a first swivel actuator is configured to swivel the seat support structure with respect to the base platform around a first swivel axis. At least a second swivel actuator is configured to swivel the seat support structure with respect to the base platform around a second swivel axis. At least a third swivel actuator is configured to rotate the seat support structure around a third swivel axis perpendicular to the base platform.

Seat tilting system

A cushion suspension for a vehicle seat may have a support structure with a substantially tub-shaped profile and at least two lateral portions. Each of the lateral portions may have a flexible suspension portion. A seating surface assembly for a vehicle seat is also disclosed.

Lightweight cushion suspension and seating surface

A seat mounting structure for at least one seat in a vehicle having a vehicle structure is provided. The seat mounting structure may have a seat rib cage configured as a universal solitary mounting bracket to which at least one seat can be affixed. The seat rib cage may have a plurality of rib cage elements connected with each other to form the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of seat mounting points for mounting the at least one seat to the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of vehicle structure mounting points for mounting the seat rib cage to the vehicle structure.

Seat mounting structure for a seat of a vehicle and vehicle and center seat structure

The disclosure relates to a seat trim structure for a vehicle seat with at least a mounting element having a plurality of integrated retaining elements, a number of detachable support members, and a number of detachable trim elements. The support members may be detachably arranged to the mounting element and the integrated retaining elements may be configured to detachably retain the number of trim elements to the mounting element.

Seat trim structure, seat structure and seat mounting structure for a seat of a vehicle

A seat comprises a backrest, a seat support coupled to the backrest; and a thigh support coupled to the seat support. The thigh support includes a thigh support structure having a thigh extension, wherein the thigh extension is movably adjustable between a retracted position and a fully extended position. The thigh extension may include at least one elastically deformable element.

Thigh support and seat

A headrest assembly for use in a vehicle seat. The headrest assembly includes one or more support arms that are connected to a seatback frame. An adjustable connection assembly connects at least a portion of the one or more support arms to at least a portion of the headrest body. The adjustable connection assembly allows the head rest body to move in a forward and rearward direction, to move in an up and down direction, and/or to pivot relative to the seatback frame of the vehicle seat.

Vehicle seat with cantilevered headrest assembly and positioning system

The disclosure relates to a seat for a vehicle. The seat may have a seat structure having at least a backrest frame part adjustable between an initial position and at least an inclined position. The seat may also have a seat adjusting device having at least a number of linear actuators. Further, the disclosure relates to a seat mounting structure having such a seat.

A vehicle seat includes a seat base, a backrest connected to the seat base and an leg rest assembly, also referred to as a leg rest assembly. The leg rest assembly includes a deflectable leg support panel pivotably connected to the seat base. The deflectable leg support panel and deflects under a load of legs of the user and returns with a restoring force back to an initial position upon removing the load of the legs of the user. The leg rest assembly may be connected to the vehicle seat by a pivoting structure, that allows the leg rest assembly to be pivoted to a non use position. The leg rest assembly may also be fixedly connected to the vehicle seat a support base front cross structure. This fixed connection then forms an only pivot axis of the leg rest assembly.

Vehicle seat with extendable and retractable ottoman

The present disclosure refers to a tray table device for a vehicle seat that may have at least a table element and a table support structure connected to the table element. Further, the present disclosure refers to a vehicle seat that may have such a tray table device.

Tray table device for a seat of a vehicle and vehicle seat

A stadium seat having a seat back structure that is movable from a seat back forward position to a seat back rearward position. The seat back structure has an occupant contact surface. In the seat back forward position, the occupant contact surface has a planar contour. In the seat back rearward position, the occupant contact surface has non-planar contour.

Stadium seat having a split back recliner and a vehicle including a stadium seat having a split back recliner

A seat support structure including an elastomeric panel. The elastomeric panel positions and supports a seated occupant. The panel is constrained on a forward side and a rearward side.

Seat support structure and a seat structure including the seat support structure

Reclining seat mounted on a foundation through first and second slides. The seat cushion is mounted on the first slide, and the seat back is mounted on the second slide. The slides, the seat cushion and the seat back are arranged to move together as one unit to have the seat recline. A head restraint is mounted at a top side of the seat back to follow and move with the back during movement of the back. The second slide has a non-linear curved shape to rotate the head restraint when the seat back moves. The curved shape rotates the headrest in a backward and downward direction when the seat back moves downward and the seat cushion moves forward, and vice versa. From the different seat positions, the head restraint follows the motion of the occupant as they move to the different seat positions.

Head restraint follower

A vehicle slouch seat having a carriage that includes a front side and a rear side. A link element is located on a rear side of the carriage and a slideable element is located on the front side of the carriage. A cushion is movable in an upward direction with the carriage connected to a base structure at one of a plurality of latch points. The cushion is prevented being rotated in the upward direction via a cushion rotational prevention structure with the carriage connected to the base structure at another one of the plurality of latch points.

Latching device and a slouch seat including the latching device

A seat mounted on a slide slidable on a track. The track has comfort and entry zones. Pitch linkage mounts on the slide and supports a seat back. The linkage pivotally connects a seat back to the slide between recline and forward positions. A track latch fixes the slide to the track in a plurality of positions in the comfort zone. The entry zone is used to enter the vehicle. A forward stop blocks the slide from moving from the comfort to the entry zone. The forward stop moves between stop and release positions. The stop position blocks the slide from moving from the comfort to the entry zone. The release position does not block the slide from moving. A forward stop mechanism moves the forward stop into the stop position when the pitch linkage is in the recline position and the slide is in said comfort zone.

Adjustable seat with entry tip slide plus pitch slide

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Whitmore Lake, MI, United States of America

Kurt A Seibold