US 12,459,414 B2
Interactive adjustable seat with multiple modes of operation
Stefano Nicola, Windsor (CA); Laura Romesburg, Spring Lake, MI (US); Katherine Arthurs, Windsor (CA); Maxime Samain, Harelbeke (BE); Renato Colja, Windsor (CA); and Kaushik Ray, Windsor (CA)
Assigned to LEGGETT & PLATT CANADA CO., Halifax (CA)
Filed by Leggett & Platt Canada Co., Halifax (CA)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,800.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/307,486, filed on Feb. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249599 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/914 (2018.02) [B60N 2/0248 (2013.01); B60N 2/0268 (2023.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat comprising:
a frame;
a plurality of seat cushions;
a plurality of adjustable bladders positioned within the seat;
a plurality of sensors located within the seat;
a plurality of voice coils located within the seat, wherein each voice coil is associated on a one-to-one basis with an adjustable bladder of the plurality of adjustable bladders;
a memory for storing user data and a plurality of seat adjustment programs for controlling the plurality of adjustable bladders and the plurality of voice coils; and
an electronic processor coupled to the memory, the plurality of adjustable bladders, the plurality of voice coils, and the plurality of sensors, the electronic processor configured to control the plurality of adjustable bladders and the plurality of voice coils in accordance with the seat adjustment programs and based on the user data and feedback from at least one of the plurality of sensors;
wherein the plurality of adjustable bladders, the plurality of voice coils, or both the plurality of adjustable bladders and the plurality of voice coils is configured to provide a massaging output.