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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Alan George Dry, Gross Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Joseph S. Talamonti, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/66 (2006.01); B60N 2/44 (2006.01); B60N 2/36 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/4415 (2013.01); B60N 2/36 (2013.01); B60N 2/665 (2015.04); B60N 2/914 (2018.02); B60N 2002/363 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a cushion having a compressible edge bladder and a compressible inflation bladder positioned aft of the edge bladder. An inflation line fluidically connects the edge bladder and the inflation bladder, and a check valve therein is openable toward the edge bladder under a fluid pressure from the inflation bladder. A deflation line with a dump valve therein further fluidically connects the edge bladder and the inflation bladder.