Adjustable seat assembly

US9758079B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lear Corporation · US

Inventors

• Winsen C. Zouzal · Detroit, US
• Ashford A. Galbreath · Troy, US
• Aisha Enid Johnson · Franklin, US
• Gerald Patrick · Shelby Charter Township, US
• Michelle A. PERENY · Farmington Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2017
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2220/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat assembly is provided with a seat bottom and a seat back mounted adjacent the bottom. A first actuator is operably connected to the seat back for applying a first pressure to a seated occupant at a first height. A second actuator is laterally offset from the first actuator and operably connected to the seat back for applying a second pressure to the occupant at a second height. The first and second actuators are operable to provide an asymmetric comfort position to the occupant. The asymmetric comfort position may set the first pressure different than the second pressure or set the first height different than the second height.