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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Xiao Ming Zhao, Windsor, CA;
Renato Colja, Windsor, CA;
Horia Blendea, LaSalle, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LEGGETT & PLATT CANADA CO., Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a pneumatic lumbar support between a deflated position and an inflated position. The method includes inflating a bladder of the pneumatic lumbar support; sensing a pressure within the bladder using a pressure sensor; producing an inflation output signal from the pressure sensor, wherein the inflation output signal is a function of time; and converting the inflation output signal using an inflation-deflation transfer function.