US 12,319,183 B2Granted

Seat support

AssigneeLear Corporation

InventorsMichelle A. Pereny, Joseph A. Himmel, IV, Wu Pan Zagorski, Bradley C. Duncan, Caleb A. Abbey, Paul S. Severinski, Sam Blair, David Abdella, Joshua Hallock, Ibrahim Valenzuela, Haifeng Liu, Kevin M. Geisler, Pat Carlsen, William Webster

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Abstract

A seat support is provided with a plurality of layers of a non-foam material to mount to a seat frame and to support an occupant upon the seat frame. The plurality of layers is stacked upon each other. At least one of the plurality of stacked layers has a generally uniform thickness.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A seat support, comprising:

a substrate of a non-foam material mounted to a seat frame, wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of functional components;
and
a plurality of layers of a non-foam material mounted to the substrate and to support an occupant upon the seat frame, wherein the plurality of layers comprises:
a base layer mounted above the substrate, and
a second layer mounted above the base layer,
wherein the base layer has a first firmness, and the second layer has a second firmness that is less firm than the first firmness, and
wherein the plurality of layers is stacked upon each other, and at least one of the plurality of layers has a generally uniform thickness.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/682,220Filed 28 Feb 2022 · continuation in part
Priority: 31 Mar 2021
Published: US 2022/0314851 A16 Oct 2022
Granted: 3 Jun 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B60N 2/70
Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles: upholstery springs ; Upholstery
B60N 2/914
Details or parts not otherwise provided for: hydro-pneumatic adjustments of the shape
B60N 2/5657
By air: blown towards the seat surface
B60N 2/5692
Characterised by electrical systems: refrigerating means

Family

Application17/218,663Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 Mar 2021
US 2022/0314854 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Oct 2022
US 12,269,384 B2Related patent
US 2022/0314851 A1Published application
US 12,319,183 B2This patent

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