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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/90 (2018.01); A61H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/976 (2018.02); A61H 9/0071 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1246 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seat assembly is provided with a seat frame and a seat support. A plurality of linear actuators or a camshaft are supported on the frame and oriented toward the seat support surface to each provide a localized percussive massage upon the seated occupant. Alternatively, a guide is supported upon the seat frame. A plurality of massage plates is provided on the guide. A plurality of massage nodes is each provided on one of the plurality of massage plates so that compression upon each massage plate flexes a region of each massage plate to extend each massage node forward to provide a localized massage upon the seated occupant.