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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Kolich, Windsor, CA;
Lorne Joseph Lovelace, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Michael Hulway, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/70 (2006.01); B60N 2/64 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); F16F 1/373 (2006.01); F16F 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/70 (2013.01); B60N 2/5664 (2013.01); B60N 2/64 (2013.01); B60N 2/707 (2013.01); B60N 2/7094 (2013.01); F16F 1/37 (2013.01); F16F 1/373 (2013.01); F16F 2224/0225 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spring for a vehicle seat comprising a foam body having an outer surface and a plurality of outwardly-extending walls defining a plurality of recesses, wherein top and bottom surfaces of the foam body are operable between an extended position and a compressed position, wherein the plurality of recesses are vertically compressed and the top surface rotates a predetermined distance relative to the bottom surface.