Lear Corporation

Kevin M Geisler

Michelle A Pereny

Haifeng Liu

Ibrahim Valenzuela

Paul S Severinski

David J Abdella

Joshua Hallock

Gerald Patrick

Bradley C Duncan

Sam Blair

William Webster

Pat Carlsen

Caleb A Abbey

Wu Pan Zagorski

Joseph A Himmel, Iv

Dan Golles

Jeanene F Munroe

A method of manufacturing a product, dispenses, through a tool with an aperture sized to match an overall perimeter of a product, a molten thermoplastic resin. The tool generates a plurality of strands through the tool aperture while maintaining the plurality of strands within the overall perimeter of the product. The strands are buckled by resisting a flow of the plurality of strands. The buckled strands intersect as a unitary non-woven body in a shape of the overall perimeter of the product.

Tool to manufacture a cushion

A seat support is provided with a plurality of layers of a non-foam material to mount to a seat frame and to support an occupant upon the seat frame. The plurality of layers is stacked upon each other. At least one of the plurality of stacked layers has a generally uniform thickness.

Seat support

A seat assembly is provided with a seat frame for a seat back or a seat bottom. At least two side bolster regions are spaced apart laterally on the seat frame. At least two bolster support assemblies are provided, each bolster support assembly comprising an air bladder mounted to the seat frame along each of the side bolster regions. An actuator inflates each air bladder between a deflated position and at least one inflated support position. An accelerometer is mounted to the seat frame. A controller is in electrical communication with the accelerometer and the actuator. The controller is programmed to receive data from the accelerometer indicative of a lateral acceleration. If the lateral acceleration is above a threshold, the controller commands the actuator to inflate one of the air bladders to the inflated support position.

Seat assembly with adjustable side bolsters

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Southfield, MI, United States of America

Kevin M Geisler