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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christian J. Hosbach, Taylor, MI (US);
Adam Sachs, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Marc Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Jason Nisbett, Southgate, MI (US);
Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/66 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); A47C 7/46 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/665 (2015.04); A47C 7/467 (2013.01); B60N 2/02 (2013.01); B60N 2/66 (2013.01); B60N 2/914 (2018.02);
Abstract
A pump assembly for a vehicle seatback includes a plurality of air bladders defining a lumbar support and a pneumatic cylinder that has a sealed head slidably disposed within a cylindrical cavity coupled defining an outlet. A selection device operably engages the outlet with a select one of the plurality of air bladders for inflating the select one of the plurality of air bladders.