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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Christian J. Hosbach, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sangram Tamhankar, Canton, MI (US);
Patrick Maloney, Livonia, MI (US);
John Wayne Jaranson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Marcos Silva Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly including a seat and a seatback pivotably coupled to the seat. The seatback includes a frame, a sub-frame member, a carrier, a cushion, and an inflatable member. The sub-frame member is pivotably coupled to an occupant-facing surface of the frame by a bracket. The carrier is coupled to the frame such that the sub-frame member is positioned between the frame and the carrier. The cushion is coupled to an occupant-facing surface of the carrier. The inflatable member is positioned between the occupant-facing surface of the frame and an interior surface of the sub-frame member. The inflatable member is operable between a deflated state and an inflated state. The inflatable member initiates pivotable motion of the sub-frame member of an axis defined by the bracket.