Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thoracic region comfort vehicle seating system with pneumatic adjustment
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Application No.: US14200870Application Date: 2014-03-07
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Publication No.: US10328829B2Publication Date: 2019-06-25
- Inventor: Ashford Allen Galbreath , Terry O'Bannon , Jennifer Badgley , Asad S. Ali , Gerald Steven Locke , Thomas S. Hicks , Mark Weaver , Winsen C. Zouzal , Richard L. Harbaugh
- Applicant: Lear Corporation , Winsen C. Zouzal
- Applicant Address: US MI Southfield
- Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Southfield
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Main IPC: B60N2/64
- IPC: B60N2/64 ; B60N2/90 ; B60N2/44

Abstract:
A vehicle seat is provided, in at least one embodiment, comprising a seatback comprising a cushion having a first hardness, and a pneumatic thoracic support structure positioned adjacent the cushion. In at least one embodiment, the pneumatic thoracic support structure comprises a first bladder selectively inflatable to provide a first area having a second hardness higher than the first hardness, with the first area being disposed along a thoracic region of a user's spine when a user is seated in the seat to provide support to at least a portion of the thoracic region of the user's spine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140265491A1 THORACIC REGION COMFORT VEHICLE SEATING SYSTEM WITH PNEUMATIC ADJUSTMENT Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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