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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Philipp Misch, Aachen NRW, DE;
Jeroen Lem, Maastricht, NL;
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Stefan Wolter, Wuerselen NRW, DE;
Florian Golm, Herzogenrath, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle seat has a seat inflation system for selectively inflating/deflating a plurality of inflatable cushions in the seat back and/or bottom. A switch for controlling the system includes a display having a first symbol indicating a function of the cushion and a second symbol indicating a parameter of the active function, a plurality of keypads defining a circular perimeter surrounding the display and actuatable to select the active function, and a ring surrounding the perimeter and rotatable to adjust a value of the parameter.