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(11) EP 4 540 103 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.01.2024

(43) Date of publication:
23.04.2025 Bulletin 2025/17

(21) Application number: 23824622.7

(22) Date of filing: 15.06.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B60N 2/90(2018.01)
F04B 53/10(2006.01)
F16K 31/04(2006.01)
 A61H 9/00(2006.01)
F15B 1/04(2006.01)
G05D 16/20(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61H 23/04; B60N 2/976; B60N 2/914; B60N 2/5692; B60N 2/5825; B60N 2/5657; A61H 2201/1238; A61H 2201/5002; A61H 9/0078; A61H 2201/0149; A61H 23/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2023/025483
(87) International publication number:
WO 2023/244763 (21.12.2023 Gazette 2023/51)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 16.06.2022 US 202217841745
21.06.2022 US 202263354079 P
22.06.2022 US 202263354319 P
22.06.2022 US 202263354412 P
23.06.2022 US 202263354977 P
28.06.2022 US 202263356093 P
28.06.2022 US 202263356324 P
30.06.2022 US 202263357060 P
30.06.2022 US 202263357101 P
28.07.2022 US 202263392914 P
28.07.2022 US 202263392926 P
28.07.2022 US 202263393141 P
29.07.2022 US 202263393382 P
29.07.2022 US 202263393386 P
29.07.2022 US 202263393389 P
29.07.2022 US 202263393392 P
29.09.2022 US 202263411400 P
09.11.2022 US 202217983881
19.12.2022 US 202263433599 P
20.12.2022 US 202218085120
22.12.2022 US 202218087223
23.12.2022 US 202218087850
19.01.2023 DK PA202370027
19.01.2023 DK PA202370030

(71) Applicant: Lear Corporation
Southfield, MI 48033 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BLAIR, Samuel
    Troy, Michigan 48083 (US)
  • ABDELLA, David
    Royal Oak, Michigan 48073 (US)
  • HALLOCK, Joshua
    Warren, Michigan 48088 (US)
  • BAISCH, Ashley
    Washington Twp, Michigan 48094 (US)
  • MESSINA, Benedict J.
    Warren, Michigan 48091 (US)
  • ARIAS, Ramon
    Southfield, Michigan 48033 (US)
  • MIOTTO, Ronald L.
    Canton, Michigan 48188 (US)
  • WELCH, JR., Thomas
    Ortonville, Michigan 48462 (US)
  • WELCH, SR., Thomas A.
    Ortonville, Michigan 48462 (US)
  • JOHNSON, Christopher D.
    Novi, Michigan 48377 (US)
  • SWIKOSKI, Lisa
    Bloomfield, Michigan 48324 (US)
  • WING, Mitchell
    Southfield, Michigan 48033 (US)
  • KASPERCZYK, Grzegorz
    01-164 Warsaw (PL)
  • MAROUF, Salim
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 (US)
  • FLETCHER, Ian
    Milford, Michigan 48380 (US)
  • MUTHYALA, Sumanth
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 (US)
  • WASHINGTON, Tyler
    Southfield, Michigan 48033 (US)
  • VALENZUELA, Ibrahim
    Novi, Michigan 48375 (US)
  • SEVERINSKI, Paul
    Brownstown, Michigan 48134 (US)
  • PATTERSON, Louella
    Goodells, Michigan 48027 (US)
  • PERENY, Michelle A.
    Farmington Hills, Michigan 48331 (US)
  • BHEEMSHETTY, Srikanth
    Pune, 411026 (IN)
  • CHAUDHARI, Jayant
    Pune, 411026 (IN)
  • JADHAV, Akshay
    Pune, 411026 (IN)
  • HALE, David
    Southfield, Michigan 48033 (US)
  • IVANOV, Vyachislav
    Bloomfield, Michigan 48323 (US)
  • PARUSZKIEWICZ, William
    Clinton Twp., Michigan 48036 (US)
  • KARGES, Mark
    Macomb, Michigan 48044 (US)

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