Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC

Shaun D Tait

Chad W Durkee

Charles J Cauchy

John M Perraut

Todd Sieting

Kevin L Wright

Anne-Isabelle Mallet-Da Costa

A seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. At least one of the seat bottom and the seat back includes a trim cover having a seating surface and a plurality of individually-controllable massage elements underlying the trim cover. Each of the plurality of individually-controllable massage elements has a surface facing the trim cover, wherein at least a portion of the surface includes a heating layer selectively configured to generate heat.

Vehicle seat with a thermal massage system

A vehicle includes a front-row occupant support and a rear-row occupant support. The front-row occupant support includes a climate-control system arranged in the front-row occupant support. The climate control system is configured to provide a conditioned airflow moving from the front-row occupant support toward a rear-row occupant region between the front-row occupant support and the rear-row occupant support.

Rear seat climate control

A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back, and an armrest. A human-machine interface for controlling features of the vehicle seat or vehicle is coupled to the armrest.

Controller and mount for a vehicle seat

An occupant support comprises a vehicle seat including a cushion and trim positioned around at least a portion of the cushion. The occupant support includes an occupant-comfort system having a heat transfer station positioned in the seat cushion in spaced-apart relation to the trim and configured to move selectively heat to an occupant in a heating mode and away from the occupant in a cooling mode.

Thermal-transfer component for a vehicle seat

An occupant support having a seat cushion. The seat cushion includes a rear pad and a front pad selectively movable with respect to the rear pad between a retracted position and an extended position.

Cushion length adjuster

A rechargeable tool holder is provided for mounting a wirelessly rechargeable tool into a recessed portion of a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat includes a seat frame, a seat bottom, and a seat back. The seat includes a power supply connection providing electricity from a vehicle power source. The tool holder includes a recessed portion of the vehicle seat, a tool retention member such as a clip, and a wireless charger located adjacent to the trim piece to provide wireless charging of the tool when the tool is mounted at the retention member. The wireless charger has an input power connection from the vehicle power supply to recharge the tool while mounted. The rechargeable tool or piece of equipment may be a flashlight, a rotary-actuated or linearly-actuated power tool, or any other suitable wirelessly-charged tool or piece of equipment for which the holder is configured.

Seat-mounted wireless rechargeable tool holder

A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back includes a backrest and a headrest coupled to the backrest. The vehicle seat may be supplied with power so as to provide a powered experience to the vehicle seat. At least one device is coupled to the headrest and is supplied with power through the vehicle seat.

Headrest for a vehicle seat

An occupant support system includes a first vehicle seat and a second vehicle seat. The second vehicle seat is spaced apart from the first vehicle seat.

Occupant support

An occupant support comprises a vehicle seat including a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom. The occupant support further comprises a heating system located within the seat back of the vehicle seat. The heating system may be configured to provide a heating sensation to an occupant resting on the vehicle seat.

Heating system for an occupant

A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom, a backrest, and a headrest. The vehicle seat may be supplied with power so as to provide a powered experience to the vehicle seat.

An occupant support includes a seat frame and a module assembly. The module assembly is arranged to cover the seat frame.

Modular seat

An occupant armrest is configured for use in a vehicle. The occupant armrest includes a substrate, a cover, and a thermoelectric module. The substrate is configured to support an arm of an occupant of the vehicle. The cover is arranged around the substrate. The thermoelectric module is configured to provide at least one of heating and cooling the arm of the occupant.

Occupant armrest

An occupant support adapted for use in a vehicle includes a cushion, a cushion cover, and a thermoelectric unit. The cushion is adapted to support an occupant on the occupant support. The cushion cover is arranged around at least a portion the cushion. The thermoelectric unit is configured to selectively heat and cool the occupant of the occupant support with conductive heat transfer through the cushion cover.

Vehicle seat with a thermal device

A vehicle has a vehicle cabin having a front vehicle seat system and a rear seat vehicle system. The front vehicle seat system is located in front of a rear seat vehicle system.

Vehicle privacy screen

A vehicle seat may be used in a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a frame for attachment to the vehicle and a seat module which secures to the frame to mount the seat module to the vehicle.

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Auburn Hills, MI, United States of America

Shaun D Tait