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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2023
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Samuel Blair, Rochester, MI (US);
David Abdella, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Joshua Hallock, Warren, MI (US);
Ashley Baisch, Washington Township, MI (US);
Benedict J. Messina, Warren, MI (US);
Ramon Arias, Southfield, MI (US);
Ronald L. Miotto, Canton, MI (US);
Thomas Welch, Jr., Ortonville, MI (US);
Thomas A. Welch, Sr., Ortonville, MI (US);
Christopher D. Johnson, Novi, MI (US);
Lisa Swikoski, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mitchell Wing, Southfield, MI (US);
Grzegorz Kasperczyk, Warsaw, PL;
Salim Marouf, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ian Fletcher, Milford, MI (US);
Sumanth Muthyala, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tyler Washington, Southfield, MI (US);
Ibrahim Valenzuela, Novi, MI (US);
Paul Severinski, Brownstown, MI (US);
Louella Patterson, Goodells, MI (US);
Michelle A. Brudzynsky, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Srikanth Bheemshetty, Pune, IN;
Jayant Chaudhari, Pune, IN;
Akshay Jadhav, Pune, IN;
David Hale, Southfield, MI (US);
Vyachislav Ivanov, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
William Paruszkiewicz, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Mark Karges, Macomb, MI (US);
LEAR CORPORATION, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
Seat assemblies and subassemblies to fluidly actuate seat actuators, such as massage bladders are disclosed. The subassemblies include various valve assemblies to maximize output function while minimizing component quantity and optimizing valve assembly compactness. The valve assemblies provide dual sided linear valves, gate valve matrices, valve output multiplication by shared actuation, fluid circuit control logic to multiplex valve output, and/or three position valves.