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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/0244 (2013.01); B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/0268 (2023.08);
Abstract
A vehicle seat, including a plurality of actuators that can be activated independently of one another and that are arranged in a matrix-like manner, at least one sensor system for detecting an object on the vehicle seat, and at least one control unit for activating the actuators. The control unit may be configured to activate the actuators as a function of a detected contour of the object, so that the contour of the vehicle seat adapts to the contour of the object, and to a method for adapting a vehicle seat to a vehicle occupant.