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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Faurecia Automotive Seating, Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Shaun D. Tait, Troy, MI (US);
Anne-Isabelle Mallet-Da Costa, Étréchy, FR;
Assignee:
FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/58 (2006.01); A61H 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/08 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/976 (2018.02); A61F 7/08 (2013.01); A61H 9/0078 (2013.01); B60N 2/5685 (2013.01); B60N 2/58 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0088 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0149 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1654 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5002 (2013.01); B60N 2/914 (2018.02);
Abstract
A seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. At least one of the seat bottom and the seat back includes a trim cover having a seating surface and a plurality of individually-controllable massage elements underlying the trim cover. Each of the plurality of individually-controllable massage elements has a surface facing the trim cover, wherein at least a portion of the surface includes a heating layer selectively configured to generate heat.