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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 04, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Dylan Mandelbaum, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Steven Medoro, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andres Almeida Senatore, San Jose, CA (US);
Siddharthan Selvasekar, Livermore, CA (US);
Jimmy Moua, Canton, MI (US);
Katherine Ann Arnold, Taylor, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A seating assembly comprises a calf rest coupled to a seat base and having a body that comprises a first trough that extends from a first exterior peak to an interior peak and a second trough that extends from a second exterior peak to the interior peak. The seating assembly also comprises a wire that extends across the first trough from the first exterior peak to the interior peak, the wire being operable between an at rest condition and a contracted condition, wherein movement of the wire from the at rest condition to the contracted condition moves a portion of the wire between the first exterior peak and the interior peak away from a bottom of the first trough. The seating assembly further comprises a controller that prompts electrical current to be supplied to the wire to move the wire from the at rest condition to the contracted condition.