Andrew James Erard

US Patent:

20130161992, Jun 27, 2013

Filed:

Feb 18, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/579851

Inventors:

Ornela Zekavica - Novi MI, US
Phillip W. Wilson - Wixom MI, US
Anthony M. Kestian - Highland MI, US
Elizabeth A. Allen - Ypsilanti MI, US
Mark S. Williamson - Canton MI, US
Joseph F. Prosniewski - Brownstown Twp. MI, US
Catherine M. Amodeo - Livonia MI, US
Miodrag Mitch Petrovich - Ann Arbor MI, US
Ronald G. Bedro - Plymouth MI, US
Edward J. Lamont - Livonia MI, US
Michael J. Leighton - LaSalle, CA
William Shawn Brewer - Plymouth MI, US
David J. Hayes - West Bloomfield MI, US
Robert J. Hicks - Canton MI, US
Andrew J. Erard - Ceresco MI, US
Michael G. Buss - Kalamazoo MI, US
Mark A. Harris - West Bloomfield MI, US
Alexander I. Balin - Ann Arbor MI, US
Alex Saveski - South Lyon MI, US
Eric B. Michalak - Northville MI, US
Daniel J. Sakkinen - Highland MI, US
Nicholas L. Petouhoff - South Lyon MI, US

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Holland MI

International Classification:

B60N 2/22
B60N 2/44

US Classification:

2973541, 2974521, 29592, 29428

Abstract:

A seat back structure includes a web extending about a central opening, and an inner flange extending about an inner perimeter of the web adjacent to the central opening. The seat back structure also includes an outer flange extending about an outer perimeter of the web. The inner flange, the outer flange and the web form a channel extending about the seat back structure, and the seat back structure is formed from a single piece of material.

US Patent:

20120267935, Oct 25, 2012

Filed:

Jul 27, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/387269

Inventors:

Omela Zekavica - Novi MI, US
Daniel James Sakkinen - Highland MI, US
Youzhi Xiong - Northville MI, US
John David Kotre - Ann Arbor MI, US
Anthony Kestian - Highland MI, US
Robert J. Hicks - Plymouth MI, US
Nicholas Leonard Petouhoff - South Lyon MI, US
Antoine A. Kmeid - Canton MI, US
Phillip Wayne Wilson - Wixom MI, US
David Hayes - West Bloomfield MI, US
Miodrag M. Petrovich - Plymouth MI, US
Elizabeth Ann Allen - Ypsilanti MI, US
Catherine M. Amodeo - Livonia MI, US
Andrew J. Erard - Ceresco MI, US
Mark S. Williamson - Plymouth MI, US
Forest Hills - Plymouth MI, US
Joseph F. Prosniewski - Brownstown Township MI, US

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Holland MI

International Classification:

B60N 2/68
B23P 11/00

US Classification:

29745218, 29428

Abstract:

A one-piece seat back frame for use in a vehicle seat assembly including a first side portion, a second side portion, an upper cross portion, a lower cross portion coupled together to form a rectangular unitary frame structure. The seat back frame also includes an inner wall extending from a front surface and an inner edge of the back frame, and an outer wall extending from the front surface and an outer edge of the back frame, thereby forming a channel on the front surface. A plurality of formations are formed in the back frame to enhance the strength and stiffness of the back frame. The seat back frame also includes a plurality of apertures for attaching other seat components, such as a head restraint assembly. The seat back frame is formed from at least one of a monolithic blank, a tailored welded blank, and/or a tailored welded coil.

US Patent:

20160123371, May 5, 2016

Filed:

May 28, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/893151

Inventors:

- Holland MI, US
Steve E. White - Farmington Hills MI, US
Dean E. Cigut - Clay Township MI, US
Andrew J. Erard - Ceresco MI, US
Kenneth R. Grubaugh - Howell MI, US

International Classification:

F16B 37/00
B21C 23/00

Abstract:

The invention relates to a fastening means provided for engaging with factional or positively locking means in a friction or positively locking fashion comprising a protuberance realized as an extrusion, wherein the protuberance projects from a plate expanding along a main plane and having a prime surface facing away from the protuberance and comprises an inner side, wherein the inner side forms a circle having an inside diameter Di in a plane being parallel to the main plane, wherein a first plane being parallel to the main plane includes a circle with the first inside diameter Di′ and a second plane being parallel to the main plane includes a circle with the second inside diameter Di″, and wherein the first plane is closer to the prime surface than the second plane, and wherein the first inside diameter Di′ is greater than the second inside diameter Di″.