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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Travis Justin Raines, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/36 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/99 (2018.02); B60N 2/206 (2013.01); B60N 2/36 (2013.01); B60N 2/914 (2018.02); B60N 2002/363 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a cushion and a seatback coupled with the cushion and rotatable between collapsed and open positions. The seatback includes a first inflatable bladder within an interior of the seatback, a pneumatic actuator fluidically coupled with the bladder and configurable between a compressed condition and a withdrawn condition, and a control cable coupled between the actuator and the cushion for linking the configuration of the actuator with the position of the seatback.