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US 2019/0100117 A1Published application
Adjustment system for an occupant support
AssigneeFaurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
InventorsTristan J. VANFOSSEN, James J. FARBER, James T. HOTARY
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Abstract
An occupant-support base includes a seat pad and a pad-extension system. The seat pad includes a fixed portion and a movable portion that is configured to move relative to the fixed portion. The pad-extension system is configured to move the movable portion to fit occupants of different sizes.
Claims20
An occupant-support base comprising
- a seat pad configured to support an occupant above a seat frame, the seat pad including a generally fixed portion fixed in position relative to the seat frame and a movable portion movable relative to the seat frame,
- a pad-extension system configured to move the movable portion of the seat pad relative to the seat frame between a retracted configuration in which the seat pad defines an occupant-support surface with a first length and an extended configuration in which the seat pad defines an occupant support surface with a second length that is greater than the first length, and
- an extension-control system coupled to the pad-extension system and configured to sense a position of the occupant relative to the seat pad and send a command signal to cause the pad-extension system to move the movable portion of the pad based on the position of the occupant relative to the seat pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.