- Patent Title: Adjustable firmness seat suspension and seat incorporating the same
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Application No.: US16026522Application Date: 2018-07-03
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Publication No.: US10532672B1Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Brian J. Pinkelman , Umesh N. Gandhi , Ryohei Tsuruta
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Darrow Mustafa PC
- Agent Christopher G. Darrow
- Main IPC: B60N2/50
- IPC: B60N2/50 ; B60N2/54

Abstract:
An adjustable firmness seat suspension includes a seat frame, first and second spring members, and an intermediate tensioning member. The seat frame includes a first frame member and a second frame member spaced apart from and opposite one another. The first spring member is attached to the first frame member, the second spring member is attached to the second frame member, and the intermediate tensioning member is attached to and extends between the first spring member and the second spring member. The intermediate tensioning member is formed from a shape memory alloy (SMA) having a first length that provides a first spring tension of the seat suspension through the first and second spring members, and configured to alter its length to a second length that provides a second spring tension of the seat suspension through the first and second spring members in response to application of a tensioning signal thereto.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200010001A1 ADJUSTABLE FIRMNESS SEAT SUSPENSION AND SEAT INCORPORATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2020-01-09
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