Vehicle seat with muscle massage system

US10258535B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jeroen Lem · Wittem, NL
• Joseph August Himmel, IV · Livonia, US
• Michael Kolich · Windsor, CA
• Jessica Rebecca Rausch · Rheydt, DE
• Amber LaVerne Hall · Oak Park, US
• Brian Boland · Pinckney, US
• Michael Steven Medoro · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 9, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61H2201/5002
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a cushion and a seatback coupled with the cushion. The vehicle seat further includes a first set of independently inflatable massage bladders coupled within the seatback. The massage bladders of the first set are arranged to extend diagonally from adjacent a center line of the seatback at a first vertical location toward a first lateral side of the seatback at a second vertical location above the first location.