An air support system includes an outer plate having a lateral portion in which a recessed space is formed. The air support system further includes an inner plate hingedly coupled to the outer plate and configured to be rotatable about the outer plate, where the inner plate includes a protruding…
The invention relates to a vehicle seat for automatic inclination compensation, with a seat part and a backrest, wherein a fluid chamber unit with at least two flexibly designed fluid chambers is arranged between at least one seat plate part of the seat part and a thereabove arranged seat cushion…
In a seat drive device that is built in a seat including a central portion and a side support located outside the central portion in a width direction, and drives the side support, the seat drive device includes a base fixed to the seat, a paddle that is rotatably supported with respect to the base…
A method includes arranging at least one laser-weldable conduit along a contact interface with a laser-weldable polymer film layer of a seat inflatable bladder carrier, directing a laser beam at the laser-weldable polymer film layer, and moving the laser beam along a welding path that intersects…
Pump valve arrangement 1 comprising a piezoelectrically actuated air pump 10, comprising at least one piezoelectric element for actuating the air pump 10; a plurality of electrically actuated air valves 20, 21, 22, wherein the air valves 20, 21, 22 are in fluid connection with the air pump 10; and…
The invention relates to a vehicle seat for automatic inclination compensation, with a seat part that has a seat cushion part, wherein a fluid chamber unit with at least two flexibly designed fluid chambers is arranged in the seat cushion part in its upper seating area, wherein, in relation to a…
Integrated pump valve unit 1 comprising a piezoelectrically actuated air pump portion 10, comprising at least one pump air chamber 12, 14 and at least one pump piezoelectric element 16 for actuating the air pump portion 10; a piezoelectrically actuated air valve portion 30, comprising a valve air…
A vehicle and seat for the vehicle that provides a cushion. The seat includes a seat back forming an open volume, a carrier plate disposed on the seat back within the open volume, an air bladder, an air reservoir disposed on the carrier plate for inflating the air bladder, wherein the air reservoir…
A vehicle seat assembly is provided. The vehicle seat assembly includes multiple inflatable bladders embedded below a seating surface of a seat cushion portion. The inflatable bladders includes a first group and a second group, each of the first group and the second group having at least one of the…
A method for actuating a fluid actuator in a motor vehicle seat system having a motor vehicle seat and a pneumatic system for actuating a seat function. The pneumatic system has a pump and the fluid actuator housed in the motor vehicle seat. The pump motor is an electric motor controlled by a PWM…
A pulsation module for an cushion assembly for a seat, such as a vehicle seat, including at least an air cushion and an air supply system for variably pressurizing the air cushions of the air cushion assembly with air. A respective supply line including a valve for pneumatically separating the air…
A vehicle seat includes at least one of a seat back and a seat cushion having a pad member and a skin member covering the pad member, wherein a heater having a sheet configuration and a plurality of air cells are provided between a surface side of the pad member and the skin member.
A seat assembly may include a seat, a seat actuator, a sensor assembly, and an electrical control unit (ECU). The seat actuator may be configured to adjust the seat. The sensor assembly may be connected to the seat and may be configured to detect a pressure applied to the seat. The ECU may be…
Systems and methods for automatic seat adjustment, the systems and methods including a seat frame, a plurality of seat cushions coupled to the seat frame, a plurality of adjustable bladders enclosed within the plurality of seat cushions, and a plurality of sensors enclosed within the plurality of…
A vehicle seat assembly is provided. The vehicle seat assembly includes multiple inflatable bladders embedded below a seating surface of a seat cushion portion. The inflatable bladders includes a first group and a second group, each of the first group and the second group having at least one of the…
A method for operating a motor vehicle seat system, having at least two first fluid-fillable bladders and at least one second fluid-fillable bladder connected via a supply line to a common line and to a pump via this line and are fillable with fluid via this line, each first bladder having its own…
A pneumatic bladder arrangement comprises a plurality of bladders arranged in an array of rows and columns, wherein the array comprises a first array section and a second array section with the first and second array sections each comprising at least one row of bladders. The pneumatic bladder…
A seat back includes: a top-surface seat cover disposed on the top surface; a top-surface cushion pad arranged on a back side of the top-surface seat cover; a contact-surface seat cover disposed on the contact surface; a contact-surface cushion pad arranged on a back side of the contact-surface…
An air pump device includes an electric pump unit including a pump mechanism and a motor configured to drive the pump mechanism, a case housing the electric pump unit, and a vibration-proof member interposed between the electric pump unit and the case. The vibration-proof member is a plate-shaped…
An articulation assembly for a vehicle seat includes a planar engagement surface. An inflatable member is operably coupled to the planar engagement surface. The inflatable member includes a plurality of polyhedral bodies that are configured to be formed via additive manufacturing. Each of the…
A support driver for a seat and a support assembly including the same that is using a tube and a structure of a mat that is moved by an inflation and a deflation of the tube. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the support driver coupled to a seat frame includes: a support portion…
Provide are a device for adjusting softness of a vehicle seat, a device for adjusting comfort of a seat, and a vehicle seat. The device for adjusting softness of a vehicle seat has at least one soft inflatable bag that can be integrated in the seat. The soft inflatable bag is connected with at…
A structural component may have a carrier structure and a substructure arranged on the carrier structure and having a variable contour. The substructure may have an adjustment mechanism with a plurality of adjustment elements. The adjustment mechanism may be configured to adjust the adjustment…
A seat control device for a vehicle seat of a vehicle is disclosed. The seat control device comprises a first control element which controls an electric adjustment motor for electrically adjusting the vehicle seat and/or an electric heating device for electrically heating the vehicle seat, a fluid…
For the purpose of simplified production of a motor vehicle seat which can be used in a versatile manner, with a seat part, a backrest and a headrest, the seat part and/or the backrest and/or the headrest have or has a number of chambers which are produced additively from an elastic material…
A seat assembly may include a seat, a seat actuator, a sensor assembly, and an electrical control unit (ECU). The seat actuator may be configured to adjust the seat. The sensor assembly may be connected to the seat and may be configured to detect a pressure applied to the seat. The ECU may be…
An inflatable system includes a first bladder configured to contain gas and a second bladder configured to contain gas. The first bladder includes a top wall, a bottom wall opposite of the top wall, a sidewall extending between and connected to perimeter edges of the top and bottom walls, and a…
A vehicle seat that includes: at least one support element defining a cavity, an air pump, and at least one olfactory diffuser arranged in the cavity and fluidly connected to the air pump, the olfactory diffuser having an outer casing defining an inner volume, the outer casing defining an air inlet…
A fluid valve module (), a fluid valve system () and methods (A, B) of producing the same are provided. The fluid valve module () comprises a housing and a plurality of valve members (). The housing comprises a housing body () and a housing cover (). The housing body () comprises a fluid feed…
The invention relates to a vehicle seat having an upper seat part for receiving a person, which upper seat part comprises a seat plate part and a seat cushion part, the seat cushion part being arranged above the seat plate part in relation to a height axis of the vehicle seat and the seat plate…