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US 11,110,834 B1Granted
Occupant support cushion
AssigneeFaurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
InventorsCedric Ketels, Davide Di Censo, Thomas Dessapt
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Abstract
An occupant support includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom. An occupant support cushion is coupled to at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back.
Claims20
An occupant support comprising
- a seat bottom,
- a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to provide a seat bite region between the seat bottom and the seat back, and
- a removable occupant-support cushion separate from both the seat bottom and the seat back,
- wherein the removable occupant-support cushion includes a cushion body having a forward surface configured to engage a lumbar region of an occupant to increase support for the occupant and a rearward surface facing away from the forward surface and configured to engage at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back, a cushion foundation that extends away from the rearward surface of the cushion body into the seat bite region between the seat bottom and the seat back to couple the removable occupant-support cushion to the seat bottom and the seat back, and an electronics system including at least one comfort device arranged within the cushion body and configured to provide one or more functions to increase comfort for the occupant supported by the removable occupant-support cushion, and
- wherein the electronics system further comprises a control unit that is configured to output control signals to operate at least one of the comfort devices in response to user inputs into a control device, the user inputs including a user identifier processed by the control unit to validate that the occupant is authorized to use the at least one comfort device.
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A removable occupant-support cushion adapted to couple to an occupant support in a vehicle comprising
- a cushion body configured to engage a lumbar region of an occupant to increase support for the occupant, and
- a cushion foundation configured to extend away from the cushion body and adapted to extend into a seat bite region at an interface between a seat bottom a the seat back of the occupant support to couple the removable lumbar cushion to the seat bottom and the seat back,
- wherein the cushion foundation includes a foundation insert that is adapted to extend all the way through the seat bite region and a foundation mount that is rotatable about an axis from a freed position in which the foundation mount is generally parallel with the axis to be inserted into the seat bite region and a locked position in which the foundation mount is arranged generally perpendicular to the axis when viewed from a side of the cushion body.
A removable occupant-support cushion adapted to couple to an occupant support in a vehicle comprising
- a cushion body having a forward surface configured to engage a lumbar region of an occupant to increase support for the occupant and a rearward surface facing away from the forward surface,
- a cushion foundation that extends away from the rearward surface of the cushion body and is adapted to extend into a seat bite region of the occupant support between a seat bottom and a seat back of the occupant support to couple the removable occupant-support cushion to the seat bottom and the seat back, and
- an electronics system including at least one comfort device arranged within the cushion body and configured to provide one or more functions to increase comfort for the occupant supported by the removable occupant-support cushion,
- wherein the electronics system further comprises a control unit that is configured to output control signals to operate the at least one comfort device in response to user inputs into a control device, the user inputs including a user identifier processed by the control unit to validate that the occupant is authorized to use the at least one comfort device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.