Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
297284900 | Providing support for the sides of a seated occupant | 14 |
20090026821 | Motor Vehicle Seat Comprising Adjustable Lateral Cheeks - A motor vehicle seat includes adjustable lateral cheeks on the seat part and/or on the backrest. The length and the orientation of the lateral cheeks in relation to the central seat area and/or backrest area can be modified by adjusting the lateral cheeks in a combined manner, especially with the aid of a combined linear and rotational guide in order to create a controlled track movement. | 01-29-2009 |
20090051200 | Regulating Device for a Lateral Part of a Seat and Method for Producing a Lateral Part - For the height adjustment of a side cheek ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090284059 | SPORTS VEHICLE SEAT WITH ADAPTIVE LATERAL RESTRAINTS - An embodiment of a sports vehicle seat. The seat has lateral restraints for laterally retaining an occupant of the seat, and an actuating device for adapting the shape and/or size of the lateral restraints as a function of vehicle driving mode. Each lateral restraint incorporates at least one shape-memory member, which changes shape when subjected to physical external stress. And the actuating device subjects each shape-memory member to physical external stress to change the shape of the shape-memory member. | 11-19-2009 |
20090289481 | Adjustable Bolster Assembly - An adjustable bolster assembly is provided for use with a seat assembly. The adjustable bolster assembly includes a mounting bracket configured to be fixedly secured to the seat assembly. The adjustable bolster assembly also includes a pair of side bolster paddles. Each of the side bolster paddles is operatively mounted on the mounting bracket for movement between a retracted position and a deployed position in which the pair of side bolster paddles extend forward of the mounting bracket. An actuator is mounted on the mounting bracket and operatively connected to the pair of side bolster paddles for effecting the movement. | 11-26-2009 |
20090309402 | VEHICLE SEAT AND VEHICLE WITH A VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, has at least one pair of adjustable lateral cheeks provided on a seat cushion and/or on a seat back, with at least one inflatable chamber for adjusting the lateral cheek being provided in each of the lateral cheeks. A plate-shaped element is provided outside the inflatable chamber and on the same side facing a person sitting on the vehicle seat. | 12-17-2009 |
20090322133 | Seat Structure and Vehicle - In a seat ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100045087 | Side Bolster Apparatus for Automobile Seat - The side bolster apparatus includes a pressing unit formed on one side of a foldable seat back and rotating around a rotating shaft of the seat back, bolster installed so as to protrude from a rear side of the seat back, and an external force transmitting unit receiving external force from the pressing unit when the seat back is unfolded and transmitting the received external force to the bolster such that the bolsters protrude from the seat back. | 02-25-2010 |
20100052388 | Deployable Bolster for a Vehicle Seat - A seat assembly includes a seat back frame pivotally coupled to a seat cushion for movement between a plurality of reclined seating positions and a fold flat position. A linkage includes first and second links having proximal ends pivotally coupled by a link pin. The first link includes a distal end pivotally coupled to the seat back frame. A control link is coupled at a first end to the link pin and at a second end to the seat cushion. A side bolster is pivotally coupled at an upper end to the seat back frame and at a lower end to a distal end of the second link. Pivoting of the seat back frame between the seating and fold flat positions urges the side bolster between a deployed position extending away from the seat back frame and a retracted position adjacent the seat back | 03-04-2010 |
20110210590 | OPERATION MECHANISM OF SIDE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND SIDE SUPPORT APPARATUS USING SAME FOR VEHICULAR SEAT - An operation mechanism of a side support apparatus adapted to be accommodated in a right and left side support portions provided at a seatback and being movable between a support position and an open position, includes a support structure including a pulley and being movable between the open position and the support position, a first fixing portion including a first guide portion and a second guide portion and fixedly provided at a seatback member, and a drive cable being fixedly attached to the first fixing portion at a first end portion of the drive cable and being engaged with the pulley at an intermediate of the drive cable. The pulley is pushed by a tensile force generated at the drive cable by pulling the drive cable so that the support structure is movable relative to the first fixing portion in a direction toward the support position. | 09-01-2011 |
20120086250 | Device and Method for Regulating a Lateral Part of a Seat - An adjusting device for adjusting a side cheek of a seat comprises a bending element ( | 04-12-2012 |
20130292980 | SEAT STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE - In a seat, in a state in which tilting of a back main frame around a tilting center is locked by a reclining mechanism, a lower end of a back joint link is turnably joined to a vehicle side. Thus, turning of a first link, a back sub frame and the back joint link is locked, and operation of a back link mechanism is locked. Therefore, a supporting rigidity from rear side of a back side portion can be enhanced by the back link mechanism (the back sub frame), and a crew sitting in the seat can be thoroughly retained. | 11-07-2013 |
20140117731 | SIDE SUPPORT FOR AN AIRCRAFT SEAT - The present invention generally relates to passenger aircraft seats. Some examples provide systems for providing side support to seated passengers. Some examples include a passenger seat backrest having an extendable side support. An extendable side support may be integrated with a seat backrest and may be moved between a stowed position and a deployed position. When in a deployed position, the expandable side support may then provide additional side support to a seated passenger's body. | 05-01-2014 |
20140361590 | ARTICULATING SEAT BOLSTERS - A vehicle seating assembly for a vehicle having a seat back and a seat. Bolsters extend laterally from one of the seat back and the seat and include a static projection, a cushion, and a dynamic projection disposed between the static projection and the cushion. The dynamic projection is operably coupled to one of the seat back and the seat. An articulation feature is disposed between the dynamic projection and the static projection and is operable between articulated and unarticulated conditions. A control is operably coupled to the articulation feature and is operational to move the articulation feature between the articulated and unarticulated conditions, which consequently move the dynamic projection relative to the static projection, respectively, thereby adjusting the angle of the cushion relative to one of the seat back and the seat. | 12-11-2014 |
20180022235 | VEHICLE SEAT | 01-25-2018 |