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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Stabilus Gmbh, Koblenz, DE;
Todd Rupert Muck, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Charles P. Patterson, New Boston, MI (US);
Peter J. Moegling, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Matthew R. Speck, Plymouth, MI (US);
Leon T. Toma, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Raphael Piroth, Heidenrod, DE;
Lars Löhken, Linz am Rhein, DE;
Yashodhan Joshi, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
STABILUS GMBH, Koblenz, DE;
Abstract
A kinetic seat assembly includes a primary seat cushion frame, a secondary seat cushion frame movable relative to the primary seat cushion frame, a primary seat back frame, a secondary seat back frame movable relative to the primary seat back frame, a pair of lateral dampers extending between the primary seat back frame and the secondary seat back frame, a pair of vertical dampers extending between the secondary seat back frame and the primary seat cushion frame, a pair of fluid reservoirs for providing a fluid into the pair of lateral dampers and the pair of vertical dampers, and an electronic control unit configured to control the rate at which the fluid is provided to and drawn out of each of the dampers to control a damping effect. In embodiments, an end of the lateral dampers is permitted to move freely relative to the secondary seat back frame.