Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Marcos Silva Kondrad

Johnathan Andrew Line

Kevin Wayne Preuss

Daniel Ferretti

S M Akbar Berry

Alan George Dry

Christian J Hosbach

Spencer Robert Hoernke

David Frederick Lyons

Benjamin Yilma

Kevin Mozurkewich

Nicholas Alphonse Billardello

Rodney Charles Brinker

Patrick Maloney

Carol Diane Casey

John Wayne Jaranson

Brian Robert Spahn

Joseph Michael Kish

Michael Kolich

Keith Allen Godin

Richard Joseph Soyka, Jr

Derek Board

Ryan Welch

Robyne Mcbride

Srinivasan Sundararajan

Macit Aktas

Sean Bayle West

Kevin VanNieulande

Kevin Michael Pline

Amaury Diaz Serrano

Raed Essa El-Jawahri

Edward Joseph DeSmet

Yalie Yan-rush

Todd Gagnier

Rachel Demerly

Raed EL-Jawahri

Jimmy Moua

Mandeep Singh Sidhu

Scott Nydam

James Robert Chascsa, Ii

Sangram Laxman Tamhankar

Gregory Hagedorn

Jeffrey Charles Paddock

Amber LaVerne Hall

Brian Boland

Corbin Johnston

Andrew Bernard Matusko

Jerry R Brown

David Andree

Mohamed Ridha Baccouche

Michael Musa Azzouz

Rahul Arora

Victoria Leigh Schein

Michael Hrecznyj

Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar

Adam Ewel

Joseph S Talamonti

James Hugh Fowler

Paul Iacoban

Sean David Fannin

Alex Perkins

Megan Romelfanger

Steven Carnago

Jeff Charles Paddock

James Chih Cheng

Michael Steven Medoro

Robert Damerow

Robert Parenti

Joshua Gauthier

Ayush Shah

Jeffrey Yeung

Nahshon Francis

Jeffrey Gabalski

Chuck R Reese

William Jerome Olsen

Chris Robert Sculthorpe

Scott Ferrier

Brian John Roorda

Beatriz Esthela Padilla

Trevor White

Amaury Diaz-Serrano

Lisa Koth

Lisa Marie Carr

A seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat bottom extends in a seat-forward direction from the seat bottom. An airbag is mounted to the seat bottom and is inflatable from the seat bottom to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position includes a first portion extending in the seat-forward direction from the seat bottom, a second portion extending from the first portion transverse to the first portion seat-forward of the seat bottom, and a third portion extending from the second portion toward the seat bottom.

Seat bottom mounted airbag assembly

A communication system and associated methods are provided. The communication system and associated methods includes a vehicle having an interior for seating a number of individuals, a camera coupled to the interior, and a display screen coupled to the interior. The communication system further includes an apparatus having a camera and a display screen. The camera of the vehicle is wirelessly connected to the display screen of the apparatus. The camera of the apparatus is wirelessly connected to the display screen of the vehicle.

Communication system, vehicle for use with same, and associated method

A seating assembly includes a seatback pivotally coupled to a seat base. A floor panel defines a cutout that has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The first and second sidewalls frame a void. A track assembly has first and second C-channels coupled to the first and second sidewalls. First and second tracks are received by the first and second C-channels, respectively, and are coupled with an electrical assembly. A platform is positioned beneath the seating assembly and is at least partially received by the void. The platform includes a frame with an attachment feature that extends away from the floor panel and an extendable cross-member that is at least partially supported by the frame.

Vehicle seating assembly

A seat assembly includes a seat portion having a frame assembly, a carrier assembly and a displaceable platform operably coupled to the carrier assembly. The displaceable platform is operable between a use position and a deployed position. A retraction mechanism includes a first bracket operably coupled to the frame assembly, and a second bracket operably coupled to the displaceable platform. The first and second brackets are interconnected by an actuator that is operable between at-rest and actuated positions. The second bracket moves from a first position to a second position as the actuator moves from the at-rest position to the actuated position. At least one tether member is operably coupled to the first bracket and includes a body portion interlaced between the first and second brackets of the retraction mechanism.

Seat assembly with deployable belt member

A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a connection interface that is coupled with a compartment of the vehicle and is in fluid communication with a climate control system of the vehicle. A container is movably disposed in the compartment and is in fluid communication with the climate control system via the connection interface. At least one alignment feature is coupled with the compartment and engages at least one sidewall of the container to align the container with the connection interface while the container moves in the compartment.

Thermal management system and stabilizer assembly for a vehicle

A transportation system is disclosed. The transportation system includes a vehicle, a plurality of seating assemblies positioned within a passenger compartment of the vehicle and defining an arrangement, a plurality of actuators that effect movement of various components of the plurality of seating assemblies, a plurality of sensors, and a controller. Specific examples of pre-set or pre-programmed arrangements are disclosed, as well as the ability to customize the arrangement. Additionally, exemplary methods are disclosed that illustrate transitions between a variety of the pre-set or pre-programmed arrangements.

Exterior imager utilized in adjusting a passenger compartment arrangement

A motor vehicle seating assembly includes a conventional common seat back frame, a plurality of forward soft trim carrier assemblies each having a unique configuration, a plurality of corresponding seat back panel and closeout assemblies, and an adapter carrier coupled with the common seat back frame and disposed between the forward soft trim carrier assembly and the corresponding seat back panel and closeout assembly. The adapter carrier includes a composite upper portion and a pair of depending frame attachment brackets coupled with a lower inboard and outboard lateral side of the composite upper portion of the adapter carrier. The pair of depending frame attachment brackets are coupled with a pair of opposed lateral side rails of the common seat back frame. The adapter carrier has a unique configuration corresponding with one of the plurality of forward soft trim carrier assemblies and the seat back panel and closeout assemblies.

Flexible upper frame adapter for traditional back frame and seat back assemblies

A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat, a front leg, a seatback, and a lower leg support. The seat includes a forward end and a rearward end. The seat is configured to be coupled to a support surface. The front leg engages with the support surface. The seatback is rotatably coupled to the seat proximate the rearward end. The lower leg support is directly and rotatably coupled to the seat proximate the forward end. The lower leg support is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The vehicle seating assembly is movable between a seated position and a reclined-and-raised position. Moving from the seated position toward the reclined-and-raised position includes increasing a first distance between the front leg and the support surface.

Vehicle seating assembly with lower leg support

Authorization-based adjustment of passenger compartment arrangement

A thermally managed storage system for a vehicle that includes a partition structure that couples with and is expandable in a compartment of the vehicle. The partition structure includes a first wall fixed with the compartment and a plurality of second walls that are each moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The plurality of second walls forms a space between the first wall and the plurality of second walls in the extended position. A casing is disposed in a space and selectively couples with a climate control system of the vehicle via a fluid connection with the compartment.

Thermally managed storage system for a vehicle

A seat assembly includes a seatback and a seat portion supported by a frame assembly. The seat portion includes a carrier assembly and a displaceable platform pivotally coupled thereto for pivoting movement between a use position and a deployed position. A retraction mechanism includes a first bracket operably coupled to the frame assembly, and a second bracket operably coupled to the displaceable platform. The first and second brackets are operably coupled to one another by an actuator, and the second bracket is operable between first and second positions relative to the first bracket. A belt assembly includes a tether member and a belt member. The tether member is coupled between the first and second brackets, and the belt member is operable between a deployed position outside of the seatback, and a stowed position within an interior of the seatback.

An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle body having a body side. A seat is adjacent the body side. The seat includes a seatback and a seat bottom extending in a seat-forward direction from the seatback. The seatback and seat bottom defines an occupant-seating area. A head airbag is mounted to the seatback and is inflatable over the occupant-seating area. A knee airbag is mounted to the body side. The knee airbag is inflatable from the body side to an inflated position. The knee airbag in the inflated position is adjacent to the seat bottom in the seat-forward direction from the seat bottom.

Assembly including overhead airbag and knee airbag

A seat assembly includes a seat portion having a frame assembly. A routing mechanism includes a plate member that is operably coupled to the frame assembly. The plate member includes a first portion having first and second raised portions spaced-apart from one another to define a channel therebetween. The routing mechanism further includes a connection assembly having upper and lower tabs spaced-apart from one another with a routing column assembly interconnecting the upper and lower tabs. A tether member includes a body portion that is routed through the routing mechanism, in that the body portion of the tether member is received in the channel of the routing mechanism and is wrapped around the routing column assembly and directed in forward direction.

A seat assembly includes a cushioned component having a lattice matrix. An air bladder assembly is covered by the lattice matrix. The air bladder assembly includes a plurality of air bladders supported on a platform assembly. Each air bladder includes a body portion operable between deflated and inflated conditions. Each air bladder includes a connection stem. A support plate includes a plurality of access apertures disposed therethrough. The air bladder assembly is operably coupled to the support plate. Each air bladder is aligned with at least one access aperture of the plurality of access apertures. A carrier assembly includes a plurality of mounting apertures disposed through an outer surface thereof. The carrier assembly receives the connection stem of each air bladder through at least one mounting aperture of the plurality of mounting apertures of the carrier assembly.

Additive manufactured cushioned component

A seat assembly includes a seatback having an interior portion with a seatback frame disposed therein. A retraction mechanism includes a first bracket operably coupled to the seatback frame. A second bracket is operably coupled to the first bracket by an actuator that is operable between at-rest and actuated positions. A tether member includes a body portion that is operably coupled between the first and second brackets of the retraction mechanism for movement therewith. The tether member moves from a deployed position to a retracted position when the actuator moves from the at-rest position to the actuated position. A belt member is operably coupled to the tether member. The belt member is operable between a deployed position, wherein the belt member is disposed in front of the back support portion of the seatback, and a stowed position, wherein the belt member is received in the interior portion of the seatback.

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