IP Library Granted Patent US 10,857,906
Granted Patent B2
US 10,857,906 · App. 15/808,785 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Vehicle seat riser

Inventors: Aaron Pitr Jameson (Clovis, CA); Reid M. Olsen (San Francisco, CA); David Eduardo Banales Cano (San Jose, CA); Nathan Paul Di Giusto (San Ramon, CA); Sekhar Reddy Biddala Reddy (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
B60N2/015
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Patent No.
US 10,857,906
App. No.
15/808,785
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A riser for a seat of a vehicle includes a first leg, a second leg, a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm. The first leg includes a first end and a second end. The second leg is substantially parallel to the first leg and has a first end and a second end. The third arm includes a first end and a second end, where the second end of the third arm extends from the first end of the second leg. The first arm extends from the first end of the first leg to the first end of the third arm. The second arm extends from the second end of the first leg to the first end of the third arm.

Claims (29)

1. A riser for a seat of a vehicle, the riser comprising:

a first leg having a first end and a second end;

a second leg substantially parallel to the first leg, the second leg including a first end and a second end;

a first arm extending from the first end of the first leg;

a second arm extending from the second end of the first leg;

a third arm including a first end and a second end, the second end of the third arm extending from the first end of the second leg, wherein the first arm extends from the first end of the first leg to the first end of the third arm and the second arm extends from the second end of the first leg to the first end of the third arm; and

a first foot connected to the second end of the first leg, wherein the first foot is substantially perpendicular to the first leg and extends from the second end of the first leg away from the second leg past the first leg;

a second foot connected to the second end of the second leg, wherein the second foot is substantially perpendicular to the second leg, and wherein the second foot extends from the second end of the second leg toward the first leg and from the second end of the second leg away from the first leg;

and wherein the riser is a single unitary piece formed from a single piece of material.

2. The riser of claim 1 , wherein the first leg, second leg, first arm, second arm, and third arm are in a same plane.

3. The riser of claim 1 , wherein the third arm is substantially perpendicular to the second leg.

4. The riser of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first interface connected to the first end of the first leg, wherein the first interface is substantially perpendicular to the first leg and extends away from the second leg past the first leg.

5. The riser of claim 4 , wherein the single unitary piece comprises the first interface.

6. The riser of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first interface through hole; and

a second interface through hole,

wherein the first interface through hole is adjacent to the first end of the third arm and the second interface through hole is adjacent to the first end of the second leg, wherein the first interface through hole and the second interface through hole each has a central axis that is perpendicular to the first leg and perpendicular to the third arm.

7. The riser of claim 6 , wherein the single unitary piece comprises the first interface through hole.

8. The riser of claim 6 , wherein the single unitary piece comprises the second interface through hole.

9. The riser of claim 1 , wherein the direction from the first end of the first leg to the second end of the first leg is the same as the direction from the first end of the second leg to the second end of the second leg.

10. The riser of claim 1 , wherein the first leg is longer than the second leg.

11. The riser of claim 1 , wherein the first leg, the first arm, and the second arm substantially form an interior opening.

12. The riser of claim 1 , wherein the second arm, the third arm, and the second leg form an arch.

13. The riser of claim 1 , wherein the riser is a cross-section of an extruded piece of aluminum alloy.

14. The riser of claim 1 , wherein the riser is comprised of aluminum alloy.

15. The riser of claim 14 , wherein the aluminum alloy is aluminum alloy 6005A.

16. The riser of claim 1 , wherein the riser is formed from a forging or stamping process.

17. The riser of claim 1 , wherein the riser is formed from an extrusion process.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2018
From: JAMESON, AARON PITR; OLSEN, REID M.; BANALES CANO, DAVID EDUARDO; DI GIUSTO, NATHAN PAUL; REDDY, SEKHAR REDDY BIDDALA
To: TESLA, INC.
Reel/Frame 045187/0984 →
Continuity (1)
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