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US 12,049,162 B2Granted
Seat adjustment device for a flexible seat frame and method of use
AssigneeAdient US LLC
InventorsXin Wei Jolene Ng, Joseph Gasko, Reinier Soliven
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Abstract
A seat system for a vehicle including a flexible seatback structure and an adjustment device coupled thereto. The adjustment device is configured to alter a contour of a seating surface of the seatback structure by causing at least a portion of the seatback structure to move toward or away from the occupant of the seat system.
Claims15
An adjustment device for a seat system, comprising:
- at least one actuating element connected to at least one seat back structure extending at least partially across a flexible member, wherein the seat back structure comprises a plurality of vertically extending ribs and valleys and at least three laterally aligned rectangular blocks having the same shape as one another, wherein the ribs and the blocks are each one-piece, unitary and integrally formed with the flexible member, wherein each block laterally extends beyond a first rib and a second rib and a valley between the first and second ribs, wherein the adjustment device is configured to alter a contour of a seating surface of the seat system.
A seat system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a seat frame;
- a seatback structure coupled to the seat frame;
- and
- an adjustment device coupled to the seat system and comprising an actuator or biasing device, and a cable extending at least partially across the seatback structure, wherein the seat back structure comprises a plurality of vertically extending ribs and valleys and at least three rectangular blocks having the same shape whose bases are each one-piece, unitary and integrally formed with a rear surface of the flexible member, wherein each block laterally extends beyond a first rib and a second rib and a valley between the first and second ribs, wherein the cable extends between top surfaces of the blocks, wherein lateral gaps formed by the vertically extending ribs and/or valleys between the blocks leaves the blocks otherwise unconnected, wherein the adjustment device is configured to alter a contour of a seating surface of the seatback structure.
1 more element
An adjustment device for a seat system, comprising:
- a biasing device;
- a cable having one end connected to the biasing device and another end secured to a fixed position, the cable extending in a loop from the biasing device to the fixed position across a flexible seat back structure;
- at least three laterally aligned solid blocks connected to the flexible seat back structure, wherein the blocks and a plurality of vertically extending ribs and valleys are formed with the flexible seat back structure, wherein each block laterally extends beyond a first rib and a second rib and a valley between the first and second ribs, wherein said cable is connected to each of said blocks through grooves extending below upper surfaces of the blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.