Amber Michelle Hall

US Patent:

20180162245, Jun 14, 2018

Filed:

Feb 9, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/892674

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Marcos Silva Kondrad - Macomb Township MI, US
S.M. Akbar Berry - Windsor, CA
Amber LaVerne Hall - Oak Park MI, US
Michael Kolich - Windsor, CA
Rodney Charles Brinker - Eastpointe MI, US
Carol Casey - Dearborn MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60N 2/62
B60N 2/70
B60N 2/02

Abstract:

A vehicle seat includes a tilt plate rotationally coupled at a first horizontal axis to a front of a base. A cushion spring extends from a rear of the base to the tilt plate. Rotation of the tilt plate rotates the cushion spring about a second horizontal axis. A thigh support is rotationally coupled to the tilt plate. A dynamic spring biases the thigh support away from the tilt plate.

US Patent:

20180104135, Apr 19, 2018

Filed:

Oct 19, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/297701

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Amber LaVerne Hall - Oak Park MI, US
Brian Boland - Pinckney MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

A61H 9/00
G06F 3/0488
G06F 3/0482

Abstract:

A massage system includes a seat having a first surface, a first massage assembly beneath the first surface and including a first matrix of inflatable bladders, and an interface including a touchscreen. The system further includes a controller displaying an image of the matrix on the touchscreen, receiving a touch input from the touchscreen, interpreting the touch input as an indication of a desired massage sequence, and causing the first massage assembly to implement the desired massage sequence.

US Patent:

20170291521, Oct 12, 2017

Filed:

Apr 6, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/091820

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Marcos Silva Kondrad - Macomb Township MI, US
S.M. Akbar Berry - Windsor, CA
Amber LaVerne Hall - Oak Park MI, US
Michael Kolich - Windsor, CA
Rodney Charles Brinker - Eastpointe MI, US
Carol Casey - Dearborn MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60N 2/62
B60N 2/02

Abstract:

A vehicle seat includes a tilt plate rotationally coupled at a first horizontal axis to a front of a base. A cushion spring extends from a rear of the base to the tilt plate. Rotation of the tilt plate rotates the cushion spring about a second horizontal axis. A thigh support is rotationally coupled to the tilt plate. A dynamic spring biases the thigh support away from the tilt plate.

US Patent:

20160288680, Oct 6, 2016

Filed:

Apr 1, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/676041

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Amber LaVerne Hall - Oak Park MI, US
Marcos Silva Kondrad - Macomb Township MI, US
Sean David Fannin - Taylor MI, US
Johnathan Andrew Line - Northville MI, US

International Classification:

B60N 2/62
B60N 2/44

Abstract:

A vehicle seating assembly for a vehicle has a lower seat with a center seat cushion and a forward thigh supporting portion having a first refracted position and a second extended position. A leading edge of the forward thigh supporting portion is longitudinally displaced forward of the lower seat in the second extended position relative the first retracted position. A seat bolster is coupled with the forward thigh supporting portion extending laterally from at least one side of the seat, wherein the seat bolster has a first retracted position and a second extended position. A user control is operational to move the forward thigh supporting portion between the first retracted position and the second extended position, which simultaneously moves the seat bolster relative to the center seat cushion, respectively, between the first retracted position and a second extended position of the seat bolster.

US Patent:

20160229320, Aug 11, 2016

Filed:

Feb 9, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/616921

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Michael Kolich - Windsor, CA
Jessica Rausch - Moenchengladbach, DE
Amber LaVerne Hall - Oak Park MI, US
Brian Boland - Pinckney MI, US
Michael Medoro - Livonia MI, US

International Classification:

B60N 2/44
A61H 9/00

Abstract:

A vehicle seat includes a cushion and a seatback coupled with the cushion. The vehicle seat further includes a first set of independently inflatable massage bladders coupled within the seatback. The massage bladders of the first set are arranged to extend diagonally from adjacent a center line of the seatback at a first vertical location toward a first lateral side of the seatback at a second vertical location above the first location.

US Patent:

20160207423, Jul 21, 2016

Filed:

Jan 16, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/598410

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Amber LaVerne Hall - Oak Park MI, US

International Classification:

B60N 2/02
B60N 2/16
B60N 2/06

Abstract:

The present invention includes a vehicle seat having a seat portion and a seatback. The vehicle seat further includes a plurality of air bladders disposed in the seat portion and a plurality of air bladders disposed in the seatback. The air bladders are configurable between fully inflated condition, fully deflated condition, and plurality of semi-inflated conditions. A controller is configured to control air bladder inflation, wherein the air bladders deflate to the fully deflated condition in response to an access signal received by the controller. The controller is further configured to control the seat position with regards to vertical and horizontal positions to provide greater access to the vehicle interior when entering or exiting the vehicle.

US Patent:

20160129815, May 12, 2016

Filed:

Nov 6, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/534296

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Amber LaVerne Hall - Oak Park MI, US
Sean David Fannin - Taylor MI, US
Keith Allen Godin - Dearborn MI, US

International Classification:

B60N 2/48
A47C 27/08
A47C 27/10
B60N 2/64

Abstract:

A vehicle seating assembly includes a pump and a headrest. The headrest has a support base, a flexible foam layer coupled with the support base, a flexible substrate overlying the foam layer and defining an outer surface, and an inflatable bladder assembly positioned between the base and the foam layer. The bladder assembly has a plurality of cells corresponding to respective regions of the outer surface that are independently operable between inflated and deflated conditions by the pump. The seating assembly further includes a control operably coupled to the pump.

US Patent:

20160123793, May 5, 2016

Filed:

Oct 29, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/526591

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Amber LaVerne Hall - Oak Park MI, US

International Classification:

G01G 19/12
B60N 2/02

Abstract:

An apparatus for customizing a vehicle seat includes a seat having a cushion and a back coupled thereto and a plurality of force sensors in respective locations along the cushion and the back. The apparatus further includes electronic circuitry coupled with the plurality of sensors and programmed to associate forces sensed by ones of the plurality of force sensors with the respective locations thereof and to output the sensed forces and associated areas.