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US 2018/0009339 A1Published application
Variable-sized seat back for a vehicle seat
AssigneeFaurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
InventorsChad W. DURKEE, Todd SIETING, Shaun D. TAIT
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Abstract
An occupant support adapted for use in a vehicle includes a seat bottom coupled to a floor of the vehicle and a seat back configured to pivot about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a folded-forward position. The occupant support further includes an upper-back support system configured to support an upper back of an occupant of the occupant support.
Claims20
An occupant support comprising
- a seat bottom,
- a seat back coupled to the seat bottom for movement about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a folded-forward position, and
- an upper-back support system configured to move relative to the seat back between a plurality of positions to accommodate different sized occupants of the occupant support, the upper-back support system including an adjustable back support and support-adjuster means for moving the adjustable back support relative to the seat back from a first arrangement to a second arrangement in response to receiving a control input when a first sized occupant is supported by the occupant support and for moving the adjustable back support relative to the seat back from the first arrangement to a third arrangement in response to receiving the control input when a second sized occupant is supported by the occupant support.
An occupant support comprising
- a seat bottom,
- a seat back coupled to the seat bottom for movement about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a folded-forward position, the seat back including a frame and trim arranged around the frame, and the trim defines an outer contour of the seat back adapted to interface with an occupant of the occupant support, and
- an upper-back support system configured to vary selectively the outer contour of the seat back to accommodate different sized occupants, the upper-back support system including an adjustable back support positioned between the frame and the trim and an actuator positioned between the adjustable back support and the frame, the actuator configured to move between a retracted state and a fully-extended state to cause the adjustable back support to translate relative to the frame and to rotate about a rotation axis relative to the frame, and the rotation axis moves relative to the frame in response to movement of the actuator between the retracted state and the fully-extended state.
An occupant support comprising
- a seat bottom,
- a seat back coupled to the seat bottom for movement about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a folded-forward position, the seat back having a trim that defines a seat cavity and a frame located in the seat cavity, and
- an upper-back support system including a first inflatable bladder located within the seat cavity and the first inflatable bladder configured to inflate and deflate selectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.