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US 11,787,319 B2Granted
Apparatus for a seat, more particularly a vehicle seat, for mobilizing at least one region of a spinal column of a seat occupant, method for sequentially driving an apparatus and seat, more particularly vehicle seat
AssigneeAdient US LLC
InventorBernard Gilmore
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Abstract
An apparatus for a vehicle seat for mobilizing at least one region of a spinal column of a seat occupant sitting in the seat may have a plurality of expandable elements, which may be each filled or fillable with a medium. The expandable elements are drivable sequentially. A method for sequentially driving the apparatus and and a vehicle seat are also provided.
Claims5
A method for sequentially actuating an apparatus for a vehicle seat for mobilizing at least one region of a spinal column of a seat occupant sitting in the seat, comprising:
- providing the apparatus with a plurality of expandable elements which are in each case filled, or able to be filled, with a medium, wherein the expandable elements are sequentially actuatable, wherein at least one of the expandable elements is rotatable about the direction of the longitudinal axis of a backrest of the vehicle seat,
- wherein in a first method step a first expandable element is filled with the medium, and subsequently, in a second method step, a second expandable element is filled with the medium, and the medium is emptied from the first expandable element.
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