US 11,850,981 B2
Lightweight cushion suspension and seating surface
Kurt A Seibold, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Jennifer J. Carlson, Ypsilanti, MI (US); Peter James Leite, Plymouth, MI (US); and Duane Potes, Adrian, MI (US)
Assigned to Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/594,734
Filed by Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/061916
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/221809, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/840,420, filed on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212577 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/50 (2006.01); B60N 2/52 (2006.01); B60N 2/54 (2006.01); B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B60N 2/70 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/502 (2013.01) [B60N 2/52 (2013.01); B60N 2/542 (2013.01); B60N 2/546 (2013.01); B60N 2/686 (2013.01); B60N 2/7011 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A cushion suspension for a vehicle seat, comprising:
a support structure comprising a substantially tub-shaped profile having at least two lateral portions formed therein,
wherein each of the lateral portions comprises a flexible retaining channel formed on an end portion of the lateral portion and a flexible tube arranged in the retaining channel.