Lear Corporation

Ash Galbreath

Asad S Ali

Terry R O'Bannon

Scott A Ziolek

John F Nathan

Oliver J Young

Christopher Ricard

Method of computer-assisted assessment of seat design. The method being applicable to any type of seating, including but not limited to vehicle seating commonly employed in automobiles, watercraft, aircraft, etc. The method may include overlaying a shaped data object relative to an architectural drawing to facilitate assessing component comportment with desired structural boundaries.

Method and system of computer assisted vehicle seat design

Display panel or screen with computer generated image of the body pressure distribution pattern for seat cushion support layer

A vehicle occupant sensing system for a vehicle seat assembly that includes at least one emitter and at least one sensor operable to detect relative distance between the sensor and the emitter to thereby detect a condition of the vehicle seat assembly. The vehicle occupant sensing system also includes a biasing pad adapted so as to be disposed below a seat cushion of the vehicle seat assembly so as to deflect in response to deflection of the seat cushion. The biasing pad supports at least one of the emitter and the sensor such that the emitter and the sensor are biased away from each other and such that one of the emitter and the sensor are supported for movement toward and away from the other.

Vehicle seat assembly having a vehicle occupant sensing system with a biasing pad

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Ash Galbreath