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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jeroen Lem, Maastricht, NL;
Brian Boland, Pinckney, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/44 (2006.01); G10K 11/16 (2006.01); G10K 11/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/914 (2018.02); B60N 2/4415 (2013.01); G10K 11/161 (2013.01); G10K 11/172 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a first inflatable bladder and a pump fluidically coupled with the first bladder. A sound dampening assembly is fluidically coupled between the first bladder and the pump and includes an inner chamber defined by a first and second telescoping portions and a motor coupled between the first and second telescoping portions. A controller causes the motor to adjust the inner chamber in response to an operation of the pump.