Automatic adaptive comfort for bunk mattress
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsFrédéric LAUDET, Philippe LEFORT
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AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsFrédéric LAUDET, Philippe LEFORT
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The disclosure relates to a bunk, in particular for a vehicle cabin. The bunk comprises a base plate, an upper layer, a plurality of supporting members vertically compressible and spaced apart from one another substantially over the whole surface of the bunk, a plurality of pressure sensors which are part of the upper layer and in an adaptable area comprising at least one area of the bunk, a moving mechanism configured to move at least some of the supporting members in the adaptable area parallel to the base plate, and a control unit connected to the pressure sensors and the moving mechanism. The control unit is configured to cause the moving mechanism to move the supporting members in the adaptable area as a function of the current pressure data provided by the pressure sensors, to locally change the density of the supporting members to provide a locally variable bunk firmness.
A bunk, in particular for a vehicle cabin, comprising:
A vehicle, comprising:
A method for dynamically changing firmness of a bunk in at least one adaptable area of the bunk, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.