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US 2019/0160990 A1Published application
Cushion-length adjuster for vehicle seat
AssigneeFaurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
InventorMichael MORROW
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Abstract
An occupant-support base includes a seat pan and a seat pad. The seat pan and the seat pad cooperate to support an occupant thereon. The seat pad includes a fixed portion and a movable portion that is configured to move relative to the fixed portion.
Claims20
An occupant-support base comprising
- a seat pan,
- a seat pad coupled to the seat pan to define a space therebetween and adapted to support an occupant above the seat pan, and
- a pad-extension system configured to move a movable portion of the seat pad relative to the seat pan between a retracted configuration in which the seat pad has a first occupant support length and an extended configuration in which the seat pad has a second occupant-support length that is greater than the first occupant-support length,
- wherein the pad-extension system includes a movable-seat pan located in the space between the seat pan and the seat pad, a movable-pan mount located in the space between the seat pan and the seat pad, and an actuator coupled to the seat pan, and the movable-seat pan is fixed to the movable-pan mount such that the actuator causes the movable-seat pan and the movable-pan mount to translate relative to the seat pan in the space between the retracted configuration and the extended configuration.
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An occupant support comprising
- a seat back,
- a seat bottom including a seat pan and at seat pad spaced apart from at least a portion of the seat pan to define a space therebetween and adapted to support an occupant above the seat pan, and
- a pad-extension system configured to move a movable portion of the seat bottom between a retracted configuration in which the seat bottom has a first occupant support length and an extended configuration in which the seat bottom has a second occupant-support length that is greater than the first occupant-support length,
- wherein the pad-extension system includes a movable-seat pan located between the seat pan and the seat pad, a movable-pan mount located between the seat pan and the seat pad, and an actuator coupled to the seat pan, and the movable-seat pan is fixed to the movable-pan mount such that the actuator causes the movable-seat pan and the movable-pan mount to translate relative to the seat pan in the space between the retracted configuration and the extended configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.