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20120205956 | SEAT RECLINER WITH COAXIAL EASY ENTRY RELEASE - A vehicle seat and reclining mechanism are disclosed that provide for adjusting the angle of inclination of a seat back relative to a seat base and also permits easy entry to the area behind the seat by allowing the seat back to be released to move between an adjusted angle of inclination and a position in which the seat back is folded over the seat base. The reclining mechanism may include three or four release mechanisms that are all coaxially attached to the vehicle seat to permit the seat back to pivot about a single axis. | 08-16-2012 |
20120217781 | MASTER/SLAVE EASY ENTRY RECLINER - A recliner apparatus for a vehicle seat has a pair of discontinuous recliner mechanisms attached to opposite sides of the seat for comfort adjustment in which the angle of the seat back is moved to a desired angular orientation. A master easy entry recliner mechanism is attached to an inner side of one of the side support members of the vehicle seat frame. A locking pawl is operatively connected to the side support member to selectively engage a stop in a locked position. The locking pawl is moved by a control cable between locked and unlocked positions. A slave easy entry connector is connected to the master easy entry recliner mechanism by a slave control cable. The slave easy entry connector releases one of the discontinuous recliner mechanisms when the master easy entry recliner is shifted to the easy entry position. | 08-30-2012 |
20120280548 | VEHICLE SEAT FOLD MECHANISM - A vehicle seat assembly has a seat base, a seat back pivotally connected to the seat base and being movable between an upright and a folded position, a spring member connected to the other of the seat base and the seat back, and a follower rotatably connected to the spring member. One of the seat base and the seat back define a cam surface. The spring member is compressed by the follower engaging the cam surface. The follower engages the cam surface when the seat back is in the folded position. | 11-08-2012 |
20140125096 | DUAL CAM RECLINER - A vehicle seat recliner that includes a load bearing cam and an anti-chucking cam that act upon a plurality of latches to lock the recliner in a selected position. The load bearing cam is connected to the anti-chucking cam with a lost motion connection. | 05-08-2014 |
20140152067 | MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT, MOTOR VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The subject matter of the present invention concerns a motor vehicle seat ( | 06-05-2014 |
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20110170735 | Sound Transducer Structure and Method for Manufacturing a Sound Transducer Structure - A sound transducer structure includes a membrane, a counter electrode, and a plurality of elevations. The membrane includes a first main surface, made of a membrane material, in a sound transducing region and an edge region of the membrane. The counter electrode is made of counter electrode material, and includes a second main surface arranged in parallel to the first main surface of the membrane on a side of a free volume opposite the first main surface of the membrane. The plurality of elevations extend in the sound transducing region from the second main surface of the counter electrode into the free volume. | 07-14-2011 |
20120248554 | Micromechanical Sound Transducer Having a Membrane Support with Tapered Surface - A method for manufacturing a micromechanical sound transducer includes depositing successive layers of first and second membrane support material on a first main surface of a substrate arrangement with a first etching rate and a lower second etching rate, respectively. A layer of membrane material is then deposited. A cavity is created in the substrate arrangement from a side of the substrate arrangement opposite to the membrane support materials and the membrane material at least until the cavity extends to the layer of first membrane support material. The layers of first and second membrane support material are etched by applying an etching agent through the cavity in at least one first region located in an extension of the cavity also in a second region surrounding the first region. The etching creates a tapered surface on the layer of second membrane support material in the second region. The etching continues at least until the layer of second membrane support material has been removed in the first region to expose the layer of membrane material. | 10-04-2012 |
20140079277 | Sound Transducer Structure and Method for Manufacturing a Sound Transducer Structure - A sound transducer structure includes a membrane, a counter electrode, and a plurality of elevations. The membrane includes a first main surface, made of a membrane material, in a sound transducing region and an edge region of the membrane. The counter electrode is made of counter electrode material, and includes a second main surface arranged in parallel to the first main surface of the membrane on a side of a free volume opposite the first main surface of the membrane. The plurality of elevations extend in the sound transducing region from the second main surface of the counter electrode into the free volume. | 03-20-2014 |
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20120319217 | Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Fabrication Thereof - In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes oxidizing a substrate to form local oxide regions that extend above a top surface of the substrate. A membrane layer is formed over the local oxide regions and the top surface of the substrate. A portion of the substrate under the membrane layer is removed. The local oxide regions under the membrane layer is removed. | 12-20-2012 |
20130221453 | Tunable MEMS Device and Method of Making a Tunable MEMS Device - A tunable MEMS device and a method of manufacturing a tunable MEMS device are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a moveable electrode and a counter electrode. The moveable electrode or the counter electrode comprises a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is isolated from the second region, wherein the first region is configured to be tuned, wherein the second region is configured to provide a sensing signal or control a system, and wherein the moveable electrode and the counter electrode are mechanically connected to the substrate. | 08-29-2013 |
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20130277776 | Packaged MEMS Device and Method of Calibrating a Packaged MEMS Device - A packaged MEMS device and a method of calibrating a packaged MEMS device are disclosed. In one embodiment a packaged MEMS device comprises a carrier, a MEMS device disposed on the substrate, a signal processing device disposed on the carrier, a validation circuit disposed on the carrier; and an encapsulation disposed on the carrier, wherein the encapsulation encapsulates the MEMS device, the signal processing device and the memory element. | 10-24-2013 |
20150023529 | MEMS Devices, Interface Circuits, and Methods of Making Thereof - In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device includes a first plate, a second plate disposed over the first plate, and a first moveable plate disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The MEMS device further includes a second moveable plate disposed between the first moveable plate and the second plate. | 01-22-2015 |