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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gary Steven Strumolo, Canton, MI (US);
Jeroen Lem, Maastricht, NL;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/66 (2006.01); B60N 2/806 (2018.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/914 (2018.02); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60N 2/0244 (2013.01); B60N 2/22 (2013.01); B60N 2/665 (2015.04); B60N 2/806 (2018.02); B60N 2/99 (2018.02); B60N 2002/0268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a group of first inflatable bladders, each first bladder having a respective first valve coupled therewith and a pump coupled with each of the first valves. The seat further includes a controller in communication with the pump and with the first valves to cause the pump to inflate the first group of bladders to a predetermined pressure and to close the valves to maintain a subsequent inflation level of each of the first bladders.