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US 9,527,417 B2Granted
Air-suspended seat surfaces for folding vehicle seats
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorAlan George Dry
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a cushion having a coverstock defining a seat surface with a flexible central region and a flexible edge region. The vehicle seat further includes a compressible edge bladder beneath the coverstock edge region and a first compressible inflation bladder positioned beneath the coverstock central region and in fluidic communication with the edge bladder. A first fixed quantity of a flowable medium is contained in and partially transferrable between the edge bladder and the inflation bladder.
Claims18
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a cushion including:
- a coverstock defining a seat surface with a flexible central region and a flexible edge region;
- a compressible edge bladder beneath the coverstock edge region;
- a first compressible inflation bladder positioned beneath the coverstock central region;
- a first flexible tube directly fluidically coupling the edge bladder with the first inflation bladder in a first closed unit having a first maximum inflation pressure;
- and
- a first fixed quantity of a flowable medium contained in the first closed unit at a pressure of less than two-thirds the maximum inflation pressure.
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A vehicle seat cushion, comprising:
- a coverstock defining a seat surface with a flexible central region and a flexible edge region;
- a compressible edge bladder beneath the coverstock edge region;
- a compressible inflation bladder beneath the coverstock central region and in fluidic communication with the edge bladder;
- a flexible tube directly fluidically coupling the edge bladder with the inflation bladder in a closed unit having a maximum inflation pressure;
- and
- a fixed quantity of a flowable medium contained in the closed unit at a pressure of less than two-thirds the maximum inflation pressure.
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A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a cushion including an edge bladder within an edge region thereof and an inflation bladder within the cushion remote from the edge region, a flexible tube directly fluidically coupling the edge bladder with the inflation bladder;
- a seatback rotatably coupled with the cushion and including an upper bladder within an upper region thereof;
- and
- a second flexible tube directly fluidically coupling the upper bladder with the inflation bladder;
- wherein the inflation bladder, the edge bladder, the upper bladder, and the first and second tubes define a closed unit having a maximum inflation pressure and containing a fixed quantity of a flowable medium at a pressure of less than two-thirds the maximum inflation pressure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.