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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jeroen Lem, Maastricht, NL;
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abhishek Sharma, Novi, MI (US);
Brian Boland, Pinckney, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3626 (2013.01); B60N 2/914 (2018.02); B60N 2/976 (2018.02); G01C 21/3667 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a navigation system outputting at least one route guidance instruction and a vehicle seat having a plurality of inflatable bladders therein and an inflation assembly for selectively inflating and deflating the bladders independently. A controller is in communication with the navigation system and with the vehicle seat to cause the inflation assembly to inflate and deflate selected ones of the bladders to indicate a component of the at least one route guidance instruction.