Vehicle seating system having seat with individually controllable electromagnetic coils
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsDavid Gallagher, Francesco Migneco
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Abstract
A seating system for a vehicle includes a vehicle seat, individually selectable and controllable electromagnetic coils individually positioned at respective locations within the seat corresponding to anatomical locations of a person sitting in the vehicle seat, and a controller. The electromagnetic coils to generate electromagnetic fields when activated. The controller to individually activate a subset of the electromagnetic coils to deliver electromagnetic energy to the anatomical locations of the person corresponding to the respective locations within the vehicle seat of the activated electromagnetic coils.
Claims18
A seating system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle seat;
- a plurality of individually selectable and controllable electromagnetic coils individually positioned at respective locations within the seat corresponding to anatomical locations of a person sitting in the vehicle seat, the electromagnetic coils to generate electromagnetic fields when activated;
- a plurality of air bladders disposed within the vehicle seat;
- at least some of the electromagnetic coils are respectively positioned against at least some of the bladders;
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- a controller to individually activate a subset of the electromagnetic coils to deliver electromagnetic energy to the anatomical locations of the person corresponding to the respective locations within the vehicle seat of the activated electromagnetic coils.
A seating system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle seat;
- a current generator to generate electrical currents;
- a plurality of individually selectable and controllable electromagnetic coils individually positioned at respective locations within the vehicle seat corresponding to anatomical locations of a person sitting in the vehicle seat, the electromagnetic coils to generate electromagnetic fields having characteristics in correspondence with characteristics of electrical currents supplied to the electromagnetic coils;
- a plurality of air bladders disposed within the vehicle seat;
- at least some of the electromagnetic coils are respectively positioned against at least some of the bladders;
- a controller to individually activate a subset of the electromagnetic coils and control electrical currents supplied from the current generator to the activated electromagnetic coils for the activated electromagnetic coils to deliver electromagnetic energy in correspondence with the electrical currents to the anatomical locations of the person corresponding to the respective locations within the vehicle seat of the activated electromagnetic coils;
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- the controller to control inflating and deflating of the bladders having the activated electromagnetic coils positioned thereon in conjunction with activating the activated electromagnetic coils and controlling the electrical currents supplied from the current generator to the activated electromagnetic coils.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.