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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2019
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 2/66 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); 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 method for adjusting a vehicle seat includes moving each of a set of first valves respectively associated with ones of a group of first bladders into an open position allowing the receipt of air into and fluidic communication among the group of first bladders, inflating the first group of bladders to a predetermined pressure, and closing each of the set of first valves to maintain an inflation level of each of the first bladders.