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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Michael Hulway, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 7/46 (2006.01); B60N 2/64 (2006.01); B60N 2/44 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/643 (2013.01); B60N 2/0224 (2013.01); B60N 2/4492 (2015.04); B60N 2/646 (2013.01); B60N 2/667 (2015.04); A47C 7/46 (2013.01); B60N 2002/4425 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle seat comprising a seat base and seat back each including a spring structure, planar electro-active polymer actuators, each having a first state and coupled to one of the spring structures, a control in communication with the actuators and configured to deliver a predetermined electrical input to one or more of the actuators, wherein the predetermined electrical input deforms at least one of the actuators to a second state.