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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Marc Silva Kondrad, Macomb, MI (US);
David D. Friske, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Niksa, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Kevin Wayne Preuss, Ortonville, MI (US);
Sangram Laxman Tamhankar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/48 (2006.01); B60N 2/64 (2006.01); B60N 2/879 (2018.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/643 (2013.01); B60N 2/879 (2018.02); B60N 2002/899 (2018.02);
Abstract
A user support includes a hood structure that is supported by a back frame structure of the user support. The hood structure may comprise a one-piece homogeneous polymer structure that is formed by an additive process. The hood structure may include solid structures and at least one porous lattice matrix that is integrally formed with the solid structures.