Patrick L Daniel

US Patent:

6883871, Apr 26, 2005

Filed:

Sep 22, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/665622

Inventors:

Dan Dumitru Nae - Troy MI, US
Wojciech Smuk - Troy MI, US
Patrick Daniel - Bloomfield Hills MI, US

Assignee:

Faurecia Automotive Seating Canada Limited - Mississauga

International Classification:

B60N002/46

US Classification:

29741132, 29741137, 403 52

Abstract:

An armrest adjustment mechanism for use with a vehicle seat defining a lateral seat axis and an armrest member defining a longitudinal axis. The mechanism includes a mounting system for pivotally mounting the armrest member on the vehicle seat for selective pivotal rotation about the lateral seat axis between a deployed design configuration, wherein the longitudinal axis has a substantially horizontal orientation, and a raised stowed configuration, wherein the longitudinal axis has a substantially vertical orientation. The mechanism also includes a lateral translation system for positive inward displacement of the armrest member along the lateral seat axis relative to the vehicle seat as the armrest member is rotated from the deployed design configuration towards the raised stowed configuration.

US Patent:

7048330, May 23, 2006

Filed:

Sep 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/669343

Inventors:

Patrick Daniel - Bloomfield Hills MI, US

Assignee:

Faurecia Automotive Seating Canada Limited - Mississauga

International Classification:

B60N 2/32

US Classification:

297 15, 297336

Abstract:

A vehicle seat assembly for storage in a floor tub within a vehicle floor. The seat assembly includes a seat frame defining a translational axis and a longitudinal axis. The seat assembly also includes a mounting system for mounting the seat frame to the floor tub for selective rotation between a deployed design configuration and a fully tumbled stored-in-floor configuration, with the seat frame being inside the floor tub in the stored-in-floor configuration. Notably, the seat assembly further includes a lateral translation system for positive inboard displacement of the seat frame along the translational axis during the selective rotation of the seat frame from the design configuration towards the stored-in-floor configuration. In the design configuration, the medial seat axis is laterally off-set from a central tub axis defined by the floor tub. In the stored-in-floor configuration, the medial seat axis is aligned with the central tub axis.

US Patent:

20070220126, Sep 20, 2007

Filed:

Mar 16, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/377899

Inventors:

Prabhu R. Raghunathan - Pittsburgh PA, US
Patrick J. Daniel - Syracuse NY, US
Mark E. Young - Syracuse NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709223

Abstract:

A distributed intelligent system. The distributed network includes at least one gateway server configured for receiving meter data from one or more nodes of a distributed meter network and at least one subscriber station in communication with the at least one gateway server via a communication network. The at least one gateway server is further configured to selectively distribute the received meter data to the at least one subscriber station in accordance with a policy.