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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Julius Maximilian Engelke, Aachen, DE;
Jessica Rebecca Rausch, Moenchengladbach, DE;
Niels Pasligh, Monchengladbach, CH;
Markus Franzen, Stolberg, DE;
Carsten Starke, Vaals, NE;
Philipp Wolf, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat comprises a seat surface and a thigh support. The thigh support is adjustable and/or movable by use of a first adjustment device in or opposed to a first adjustment direction, which preferably runs substantially parallel to the seat surface, from an extended position into a retracted position. Furthermore, the thigh support is deflectable substantially vertically to the seat surface and/or to the underlying surface by use of a force which can be exerted by a vehicle occupant and is downwardly directed in the direction of a vehicle floor, wherein the thigh support has at least one second adjustment device for setting and/or defining a movement resistance with which the thigh support opposes the downwardly directed force.