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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Jerry R. Brown, Northville, MI (US);
Sean Bayle West, Monroe, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
James Robert Chascsa, II, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly is provided that includes a seat base, a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat base and having a front portion and a rear portion, and an actuator operable to change a position of the seating assembly. The assembly also includes a capacitive proximity sensor located on the seat back and configured to detect a user touch command and a user pressure command, and a controller for receiving the user touch command and pressure command and controlling the actuator to change a position of the seating assembly based on a user input.