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- Patent Title: Circuit arrangement for controlling seat comfort systems, seat, and method for controlling a seat comfort system
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Application No.: US17357194Application Date: 2021-06-24
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Publication No.: US12077082B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Erich Dörfler , Matthias Mitzler
- Applicant: Alfmeier Präzision SE
- Applicant Address: DE Treuchtlingen
- Assignee: Alfmeier Präzision SE
- Current Assignee: Alfmeier Präzision SE
- Current Assignee Address: DE Treuchtlingen
- Agency: JK Intellectual Property Law, PA
- Priority: DE 2020116820.9 2020.06.25
- Main IPC: B60N2/90
- IPC: B60N2/90 ; B60R16/037 ; F03G7/06 ; F16K31/00 ; F16K31/02

Abstract:
A circuit arrangement controls a system for a seat comfort function with at least one air cushion, at least one actuator with at least one adjusting element and at least one SMA element being movable between a first position and a second position. The circuit arrangement includes at least one driver unit with at least one driver to activate the actuator with the at least one SMA element; at least one temperature sensor; and a control unit to control the driver unit, the control unit being configured to generate a control signal to control the driver unit. The control signal is determined from a) at least one actual filling level parameter; b) a temperature signal from the temperature sensor; c) a system parameter; and d) at least one of a target filling level parameter and a target filling level change parameter. A related seat and method of controlling same are also disclosed.
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