Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC

Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.

Whirlpool Corporation

Prince Corporation

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Bissell Inc.

Cosco Management, Inc.

Princeton Technology Corporation

Whirpool Corporation

Robert C Fitzpatrick

Jeffery T Bonk

Cedric Ketels

Seth E Bixby

Jeffrey M Browne

Gregory Brncick

James Theodore Hotary

Thomas Dessapt

Dana R Lowell

Davide Di Censo

Matthew K Benson

Samuel Baudu

Markus Uhlig

Fabrice Aycoberry

Desmond O'Regan

Brian R Dexter

Daniel Vander Sluis

David B Busch

Todd Sieting

Jared Alden Judson

Rick A Anderson

David J Spykerman

Timothy Moulton

Tarek Makansi

John M Perraut

Michael Robert Catlin

Julien Seiller

Rod Goodrich

Steven R Umbach

John Latimer Franklin

Jeffrey T Stout

Christian Neyrinck

Alan G Greene

Joseph M Thompson

Dana J Lowell

Kevin L Wright

Ying (Carolyn) Zhao

Rodney S Goodrich

Sascha Heiden

Daniel R Vander Sluis

Matthew Benson

James J Farber

Andreos Kaplanov

Jonathan Peter Cansfield

Hélène Chassaing

Steven D Lepley

Michael J Burns

Alan P Collins

Delphine Mace

Raymond J Nowak

Abdelkarim Chaiblaine

Gregory N Brncick

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

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.

An occupant support for a vehicle includes a device configured to enhance comfort and experience of an occupant while the occupant is using the occupant support.

Occupant support and vehicle with occupant support

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 method and an apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seat back movable between an upright position and a folded position, and a platform coupled to the seat back with a support mechanism such that the platform is movable between a plurality of use positions when the seat back is in the folded position. The support mechanism includes at least one member that is selectively detached from the platform to provide at least one of the plurality of use positions.

Seat back and adjustable platform assembly

A privacy screen for a vehicle that can provide for an enhanced passenger experience. The privacy screen includes a blocking body configured to at least partially shroud a shielded seat of the vehicle. The blocking body has an inner seat facing surface, an outer shielding surface, and a concave contour that is configured to extend at least partially around the shielded seat. The privacy screen further includes a passenger enhancement feature that is configured to be controllable via input from a passenger of the vehicle that is remote from a driver of the vehicle.

Vehicle privacy screen

An infotainment system may include at least one display mounted to a vehicle seat, a connectivity module that operably couples the infotainment system to at least one mobile device, and a plurality of passenger-focused modules. The at least one display may mirror a display of the at least one mobile device, and the passenger-focused modules may operate in response to the at least one mobile device via the connectivity module.

Passenger infotainment system

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 removable console for use in a row of vehicle seating includes a base and receptacles formed along the base. One of a plurality of interchangeable and accessory modules can be attached to the console base in each receptacle and optionally powered by the console base when installed. A latch holds each installed accessory module in the respective receptacle. Each latch can include electrical contacts to power an installed module.

Vehicle console with modular accessories

An occupant support includes a seat frame and a seat pad coupled to the seat frame. The seat pad includes a cushion member fixed to the seat frame and an outer trim arranged to cover the cushion member. Portions of the outer trim are movable relative to the rest of the occupant support.

Occupant support

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Auburn Hills, MI, United States of America

Robert C Fitzpatrick