Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conformable and reconfigurable occupant support structure
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Application No.: US15727757Application Date: 2017-10-09
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Publication No.: US10688899B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Wonhee M. Kim , Amberlee S. Haselhuhn , Richard J. Skurkis , Michael J. Walker , Ian J. Sutherland , Paul W. Alexander , Nilesh D. Mankame
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Main IPC: B60N2/52
- IPC: B60N2/52 ; B60N2/90 ; B60N2/66 ; B60N2/806 ; B60N2/75 ; B60N2/28 ; B60N3/06

Abstract:
An occupant support structure and a method of customizing an occupant support structure. The occupant support structure may comprise a base and a reconfigurable cushion carried by the base. The reconfigurable cushion may include an occupant support surface and a bladder. The bladder may include an outer wall that defines an inner cavity underlying the occupant support surface and two or more overlapping material layers disposed within the cavity. The overlapping material layers may be adapted to selectively transition from a compliant state to a rigid state and vice versa by selective control of a pressure condition across the outer wall of the bladder to reconfigure or conform the occupant support surface of the cushion to a contour of a portion of an occupant supported by the cushion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190106030A1 CONFORMABLE AND RECONFIGURABLE OCCUPANT SUPPORT STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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