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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2025
Faurecia Autositze Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Piotr Ceglarek, Katowice, PL;
Rafal Strok, Walbrzych, PL;
Edwin Valencia Rodriguez, Szczawno Zdroj, PL;
Faurecia Autositze GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A method for performing a massage program carried out by a massage system that is part of a vehicle seat system that includes a vehicle seat with a backrest and a seat part, and a pneumatically operated massage system with N massage bladders. The method involves selecting and starting a massage program to define a sequence of bladders which are inflated or deflated, wherein the sequence is defined such that successively inflated bladders are adjacent to one another, wherein the bladders are inflated and deflated according to the sequence so that the bladders are inflated one after the other to a first pressure level. If the nth bladder in the sequence is inflated to the first pressure level, the pressure level of at least the (n+1)th bladder and/or the (n−1)th bladder in the sequence is at a pressure level lower than the first pressure level but greater than zero.