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| 20080231068 | Method and suspension apparatus for suspending an object in a vehicle - A method and suspension apparatus for suspending an object in a vehicle. The vehicle having inner surfaces including a lower surface and an upper surface, comprising an object and a suspension apparatus adapted for holding the object in a suspended position in the vehicle. The suspension apparatus comprising an elongated suspension element, an anchoring arrangement for spacing the object from, and arresting its motion towards, the lower and upper surfaces of the vehicle in the suspended position, and a tensioning mechanism adapted to tension the elongated suspension element. The elongated suspension element comprising a first end portion, a second end portion and a central portion extending therebetween. The anchoring arrangement comprising a plurality of connection elements including static and dynamic connection elements which are fixed to the lower and upper surfaces of the vehicle and the object, and which engage the suspension element, thereby holding it in a predetermined spatial disposition with the possibility to be tensioned by said tensioning mechanism. The engagement of the suspension element with the connection elements is in the form of static connection of each of the end portions with the static connection elements, and dynamic connection of the central portion with the dynamic connection elements, which are disposed on the object and/or at least two spaced apart points on the upper surface, whereby the central portion of the suspension element is allowed to move relative to the dynamic connection elements when the suspension element is not under tension. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080246296 | Static-Reducing Vehicle Seat - A vehicle seat is provided having at least one seat cushion for carrying a vehicle occupant, and having a static-reducing device positioned in sufficient proximity to the occupant for dissipating an electrostatic charge from the seat. The static-reducing device includes conductive threading woven into the seat cushion or into piping along the seat cushion seams, conductive wiring connected to the base to form a conductive path for dissipating the electrostatic charge, or a humidity-absorbing layer. A vehicle is also provided having a floor and a vehicle seat having a cushion and a base mounted to the floor. The cushion is operatively connected to the base and has a static-reducing device adapted to reduce electrostatic charge of the seat to thereby minimize the electrostatic discharge between the seat and a passenger when the passenger exits the vehicle, the static-reducing device including conductive threading, conductive wiring, or a humidity-absorbing mat. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246297 | Device for Attaching a Backrest - Backrests of a rear seat system are attached to a cross member which extends between the wheel housings of the rear structure of a motor vehicle. Owing to this indirect attachment of the backrests, instead of a direct attachment to the rear structure, the intermediately connected cross member is in a position to absorb a large part of the impact force to which the backrests are exposed in a rear-end collision, and to dissipate this force by means of a parallelogram-like deformation. As a result, the rearward displacement of the backrests is reduced, thus improving the interior protection of the occupants. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080309111 | Seatbelt system - A seatbelt system for a bench seat is provided. The seatbelt system includes a first seatbelt device that includes seatbelt webbing with a latch, a buckle to receive the latch, and at least one adjustable turning loop that is configured to adjust the vertical position of the adjustable turning loop and, thus, the webbing for the seatbelt. The adjustable turning loop includes a continuous, folding cover to conceal the structural components of the adjuster mechanism and rail assembly and to protect these components from debris and undesirable interaction with the occupant. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090058124 | SEAT SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A seat support structure for restricting the movement of a seat front end and facilitate the mounting of a seat. A tank cover is provided for a fuel tank supported by a body frame. A flange extends to the rear of a vehicle body and is provided on the rear portion of the tank cover. A fastening groove which opens upward to fasten the flange thereto is provided at the front portion of a seat located to the rear of the tank cover and of the fuel tank. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100176620 | SELF-SUPPORTING BENCH ASSEMBLY FOR PERSONNEL TRANSPORT - A seating system for a vehicle having a cargo bed including a bench assembly for providing seating for personnel. The bench assembly includes a bottom frame assembly having opposing longitudinal edges and a plurality of slats attached to the bottom frame assembly to provide a platform for the seat slats. A back assembly is provided extending from one of the longitudinal edges of the bench assembly. A bracket assembly interconnects the back assembly to the bottom frame assembly. The bracket assembly includes an elongated slot portion and a latch portion permitting the back assembly to translate relative to the bench assembly and pivot relative to the bracket assembly to keep the back assembly erect in a first position and to be disposed in a non-supporting or second position when not in use. A plurality of leg assemblies are attached to the bottom frame assembly in a manner that permits them to be extended in a first position and retracted into a nested position within the bottom frame assembly in a second position so that the entire seating assembly may be stowed in a compact manner. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100181796 | VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY HAVING LAYERED SEATING SYSTEM - A vehicle seat cushion composite is provided with a structural layer adapted to be mounted within a vehicle to provide support to an occupant. The structural layer has at least two edge regions provided proximate two edges of the structural layer and an inner region at least partially bound within the at least two edge regions. The at least two edge regions have a plurality of concave channels. A cushion layer is adjacent to the structural layer and has a plurality of concave projections sized to be received within the plurality of concave channels of the structural layer for minimizing lateral movement of the cushion layer relative to the structural layer proximate the edge regions. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100207416 | SEAT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING SAME - A seat structure for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, includes a seat arranged rearwardly of a fuel tank mounted on a vehicle body frame. The seat includes a cushion member, and a bottom plate for holding the cushion member. The cushion member is made of an elastic material. The bottom plate is fixed to the vehicle body frame and to the fuel tank. The cushion member includes a bulging portion which bulges forwardly from a front end portion of the bottom plate and onto an upper surface of a stepped portion of the fuel tank. The bulging portion is supported on the upper surface of the fuel tank. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100253108 | ADJUSTABLE CUSHIONED INTERMEDIATE SYSTEM FOR SEAT, IN PARTICULAR FOR VEHICLE SEAT - Cushioned intermediate system for seat, comprising at least three shock absorbers (C), at least three actuators (M) and at least one accelerometer (A) and/or as many loading cells as shock absorbers and a control unit (E) suitable for controlling said actuators (M), on the basis of the information obtained from said accelerometer (A) and/or from said loading cells, as to oppose the stresses affecting the seat and improve the comfort of the passenger. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253109 | METHOD AND SUSPENSION APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING AN OBJECT IN A VEHICLE - A method and suspension apparatus for suspending an object in a vehicle. The vehicle having inner surfaces including a lower surface and an upper surface, comprising an object and a suspension apparatus adapted for holding the object in a suspended position in the vehicle. The suspension apparatus comprising an elongated suspension element, an anchoring arrangement for spacing the object from, and arresting its motion towards, the lower and upper surfaces of the vehicle in the suspended position, and a tensioning mechanism adapted to tension the elongated suspension element. The elongated suspension element comprising a first end portion, a second end portion and a central portion extending therebetween. The anchoring arrangement comprising a plurality of connection elements including static and dynamic connection elements which are fixed to the lower and upper surfaces of the vehicle and the object, and which engage the suspension element, thereby holding it in a predetermined spatial disposition with the possibility to be tensioned by the tensioning mechanism. The engagement of the suspension element with the connection elements is in the form of static connection of each of the end portions with the static connection elements, and dynamic connection of the central portion with the dynamic connection elements, which are disposed on the object and/or at least two spaced apart points on the upper surface, whereby the central portion of the suspension element is allowed to move relative to the dynamic connection elements when the suspension element is not under tension. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100276960 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - Provided is a vehicle body structure which can prevent a door from entering a vehicle interior by preventing deformation of a beam extending in a vehicle width direction in a seat of a vehicle even when a side collision has occurred in the vehicle. In the vehicle body structure, a seat leg is placed above a cross member and fixed to the cross member. Additionally, a pair of seat legs is arranged on the right and left sides, and the seat legs are interconnected by a rod member. A beam is coupled with an upper end of the seat leg. The side of the beam protrudes to the outer side of the seat leg in the width direction of the vehicle, and a portion protruding outside of the seat leg is a protruding portion. A load transmission member having a length in the vehicle width direction substantially equal to the length of the protruding portion of the beam is arranged on the side of the seat leg. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110018300 | VEHICLE SEATING ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a vehicle seat assembly securable to a floor pan. In at least one embodiment, the vehicle seat assembly comprises a seat bottom supportable on the floor pan and a trim cover securable over the seat bottom and to the floor pan. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110241373 | Sling Seat - A sling seat includes a seat back and a seat bottom cushion connected by resilient arms. Flexible supports and emergency release connectors suspend the seat from an overhead structure. The height of the seat, and the position of the seat back relative to the seat bottom cushion, are adjustable. The seat may be used in a military vehicle, for example as a gunner sling seat. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110248522 | SEAT SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - A seat support assembly for supporting a vehicle seat on a floor panel member includes a cross member extending laterally across the floor panel member. Ends of the cross member are spaced laterally inward relative to side edges of the floor panel for providing ingress/egress areas between the ends and the side edges. A foam spacer member is complementarily received inside each of the ends of the cross member. Each of the foam spacer members is secured to the floor panel for transferring load forces from the cross member to the floor panel. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110298240 | MONOPOD SEAT STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMOTIVE SEATS AND METHOD - A monopod seat structure including first and second sides. A back is pivotally connected to the seat. A vertical support column is disposed below the seat and positioned substantially centrally between the first and second sides of the seat. A side support member includes a top portion operably connected to one of the first and second sides. A bottom portion is operably connected to a transmission hump of a vehicle. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120061988 | ULTRA-THIN SEAT CARRIER - A seating assembly having a seat and a seat back. A frame assembly is disposed in each of the seat and the seat back. A carrier assembly is operably coupled with the seat and the seat back. The carrier assembly includes a plurality of elongate support tabs proximate the seat. A plurality of apertures and at least one groove are proximate the seat back. A cushion extends over the seat and the seat back. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120126565 | SEAT DEVICE FOR MOTORCYCLES - A seat device for motor-vehicles that allows the displacement of the driver along with the seat from the center of gravity, wherein said device is composed of a driver's seat which is connected to the chassis of the motor-vehicle by a plurality of displacement means. The plurality of displacement means defines a condition of movement in a device of Cartesian coordinate system in relation to the longitudinal axis of the motor-vehicle. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120139282 | Combination Vehicle of Pickup and SUV - A new combination vehicle of pickup and SUV which comprising four major parts: sliding roofing back, foldable middle plate, side window glasses, and auto sliding track system. By changing their performances the vehicle is convertible from either pickup truck to SUV or vice versa. It combines features, functions and characteristics of both vehicles, and meets the needs of both vehicle drivers, and furthermore saves the space, energy and protects the environment. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130168994 | UTILITY VEHICLE - In a utility vehicle according to the present invention in which a rear seat in a riding space is freely stowed and a cargo bed is expandable forward, a screen is pivotably supported on a cross member of a ROPS surrounding the riding space, and a pivot position of the screen is changeable between a first position of substantially upright standing at a position in the vicinity of a front end of the cargo bed in a non-expanded state, and a second position of inclining so as to extend from pivot point portions toward the front lower side. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130341951 | VEHICLE SEAT - In a vehicle rear seat, slits are respectively formed in side wall portions of retainers provided on a vehicle body side and are respectively open at upper end sides of the side wall portions. Hinge pins respectively provided at lower end sides on side portions of a rear seat back are inserted in the corresponding slits to thereby couple the rear seat back to the vehicle body side via the retainers. Furthermore, in the vehicle rear seat, distal end sides of the hinge pins, that is, portions that protrude outward of the rear seat back, are respectively covered with covers attached to the corresponding retainers. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20150076853 | Retaining device for fastening an electronic device in a motor vehicle - The invention relates to a retaining device for fastening an electronic device in a motor vehicle, wherein the retaining device comprises
| 03-19-2015 |
| 20150137547 | SEATBACK STABILIZATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE EMPLOYING THE SAME - In one or more embodiments, a vehicle seatback stabilization device includes a seatback stabilization portion to be connected to a seatback, and a vehicle body connection portion including an aperture to receive a connector of a vehicle body load-bearing structure. The seatback stabilization portion may include first and second stabilization panels positioned with an angle relative to each other. The vehicle body connection portion may extend away from the second stabilization panel such that the second stabilization panel is positioned between the first stabilization panel and the vehicle body connection portion. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20160009198 | VEHICLE SEAT LOCKING DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160059736 | DRIVERS SEAT MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A driver's seat mounting assembly for a vehicle includes a driver's seat having a base with a base hole, and a floor assembly including a floor sheet supported by a floor support frame. The floor support and the floor sheet define a receiving channel. The assembly further includes a riser platform attached to a top surface of the floor sheet, the riser platform having a platform body configured to receive the driver's seat. The platform body defines a body hole that is configured to be aligned with the receiving channel and the base hole. A sleeve is disposed in the receiving channel of the floor support frame. A fastener is received in the base hole, in the body hole, in the receiving channel, and in the sleeve to anchor the driver's seat to the floor support frame. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160167547 | DEVICE FOR IMMOBILIZING AN OBJECT | 06-16-2016 |
