US 11,932,142 B2
Additive manufactured cushioned component
Megan Romelfanger, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US); Victoria Leigh Schein, Dearborn, MI (US); Brian Boland, Pinckney, MI (US); Patrick Maloney, Livonia, MI (US); Alex Perkins, Detroit, MI (US); and Marcos Silva Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,519.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059199 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/66 (2006.01); A47C 4/54 (2006.01); A47C 7/14 (2006.01); A47C 7/46 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC B60N 2/665 (2015.04) [B60N 2/914 (2018.02); A47C 4/54 (2013.01); A47C 7/142 (2018.08); A47C 7/467 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat assembly, comprising:
a cushioned component having a lattice matrix;
an air bladder assembly covered by the lattice matrix, wherein the air bladder assembly includes a plurality of air bladders supported on a platform assembly, wherein each air bladder of the plurality of air bladders includes a body portion positioned on an outer surface of the platform assembly and operable between deflated and inflated conditions, and further wherein each air bladder of the plurality of air bladders includes a connection stem outwardly extending from an inner surface of the platform assembly;
a support plate having a plurality of access apertures disposed therethrough, wherein the air bladder assembly is operably coupled to the support plate, such that each air bladder of the plurality of air bladders is aligned with at least one access aperture of the plurality of access apertures; and
a carrier assembly having a plurality of mounting apertures disposed through an outer surface thereof, wherein the connection stem of each air bladder is received through at least one mounting aperture of the plurality of mounting apertures of the carrier assembly.