Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC

Dana R Lowell

Samuel Baudu

Robert C Fitzpatrick

James Theodore Hotary

Gregory Brncick

Jeffery T Bonk

Brian R Dexter

Matthew K Benson

Pioter Drubetskoy

Sean M Montgomery

David L Cummings

Alexander S Haase

Radouane Boussetta

Anne-Isabelle Dacosta-Mallet

Tarek Makansi

John Latimer Franklin

Claire Mitchell

A vehicle seat in accordance with the present disclosure includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back is coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend in an upward direction away from the seat bottom. The vehicle seat further includes an electronics system.

Vehicle seat with integrated sensors

Equipment and processes generate a seating solution by obtaining occupant data, calculating body dimensions from the occupant data, and calculating a best-fit body arrangement for an occupant. Occupant data may be obtained in various ways using available computational devices and software or by manually measuring the relevant dimensions on the occupant. A user interface for inputting occupant metrics and/or occupant measurements may be provided in a mobile terminal included in the vehicle or separate from the vehicle, thus giving users increased flexibility while maximizing simplicity and usability for the user or other personnel obtaining the data. Once an occupant's best-fit body arrangement is determined, it may be altered by changing the predetermined criteria to achieve optimum comfort, safety, and therapeutic benefit as well as used for providing improved comfort on a continuous basis and/or in response to detected or predicted vehicle, road, or atmospheric conditions.

System, methodologies, and components acquiring, analyzing, and using occupant body specifications for improved seating structures and environment configuration

An occupant support system includes a vehicle seat and an electronics system for the vehicle seat. The electronics system includes a sensor system configured to obtain sensor data and a computer coupled to the sensor system to process the sensor data and perform a predetermined action using the sensor data.

A vehicle seat includes seat pads included in seat bottoms and seat backs. The seat pads are configured to provide both a cold sensation and a warming sensation to an occupant sitting on the seat pads. According to the present disclosure, a vehicle seat includes an occupant-support base. The occupant-support base includes a cushion cover defining a cushion-receiving space and a cushion positioned to lie in the cushion-receiving space.

Vehicle seat with thermal device

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Holland, MI, United States of America

Dana R Lowell