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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2024
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Edward Thaddeus Kuczynski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel W. Booth, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Bonita J. Thomas, Linden, MI (US);
Jill M. Green, Highland, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An occupant support structure of a vehicle defines an occupant support surface configured to contact and support an occupant of the vehicle and includes a dynamically responsive support member positioned adjacent the occupant support surface such that forces exerted on the occupant support surface are transferred to the support member. The support member includes a bladder and a support body encapsulated in an interior chamber defined by the bladder. The support body is made of a resilient compressible material having interconnected open pores. The bladder includes an aperture that provides a passage for fluid communication between the interior chamber thereof and an ambient environment. The aperture in the bladder is configured to passively control and limit the rate of fluid release from the bladder in response to a pressure differential between the fluid in the interior chamber of the bladder and that in the ambient environment.