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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
John Wayne Jaranson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Marcos Silva Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Patrick Maloney, Livonia, MI (US);
Christian J. Hosbach, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sangram Tamhankar, Canton, MI (US);
Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat of a vehicle seating assembly includes a seat carrier, a thigh tilt housing, a thigh extension housing, and an inflatable member. The thigh tilt housing is coupled to a forward region of the seat carrier. A recess is defined by the thigh tilt housing, with the recess being positioned in an upper surface of the thigh tilt housing. A motor is received within the recess. The thigh extension housing is coupled to the motor, with the thigh extension housing being movable in a fore-aft direction relative to the thigh tilt housing. A fastener couples the thigh tilt housing to the seat carrier in a manner that permits pivotable motion of the thigh tilt housing along a vertical plane. The inflatable member is positioned between the seat carrier and the thigh tilt housing.