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US 12,304,359 B2Granted
Vehicle seat having a seat base including an adjustable center support
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsPatrick Minjeur, Siddhant Kansal, Nilesh D. Mankame, Gregory Koch
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat base including a center support, a seat back mounted to the seat base, and an adjustment mechanism operatively connected to the center support. The adjustment mechanism is operable to selectively raise and lower the center support relative to the seat base.
Claims20
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat base including a center support;
- a seat back mounted to the seat base;
- and
- an adjustment mechanism operatively connected to the center support, the adjustment mechanism being operable to selectively raise and lower the center support relative to the seat base,
- wherein the seat base comprises a forward bolster disposed forward of the center support,
- wherein the center support is adjustable via the adjustment mechanism between a first position and a second position,
- wherein a portion of the center support is spaced from a vehicle floor by a first distance in the first position and by a second distance in the second position, and
- wherein a front edge of the forward bolster is spaced from the vehicle floor by the second distance when the center support is in the first position and in the second position.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a body defining a passenger compartment and a vehicle floor;
- and
- a seat mounted in the passenger compartment, the seat comprising:
- a seat base including a center support;
- a seat back mounted to the seat base;
- and
- an adjustment mechanism operatively connected to the center support, the adjustment mechanism being operable to selectively raise and lower the center support relative to the seat base,
- wherein the seat base comprises a forward bolster disposed forward of the center support,
- wherein the center support is adjustable via the adjustment mechanism between a first position and a second position,
- wherein a portion of the center support is spaced from a vehicle floor by a first distance in the first position and by a second distance in the second position, and
- wherein a front edge of the forward bolster is spaced from the vehicle floor by the second distance when the center support is in the first position and in the second position.
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A method of adjusting a support of a seat base in a vehicle comprising:
- activating an adjustment mechanism to raise the center support from a first position to a second position;
- and
- raising the center support about a first end connected relative to a seat base,
- wherein the seat base comprises a forward bolster disposed forward of the center support,
- wherein a portion of the center support is spaced from the vehicle floor by a first distance in the first position and by a second distance in the second position, and
- wherein a front edge of the forward bolster is spaced from the vehicle floor by the second distance in the first position and the second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.