Patent ID: 11938850
Assignee: FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A ventilated vehicle seat comprising
a seat foundation adapted to be coupled to a floor of a vehicle,
a seat bottom coupled to the seat foundation and spaced apart from the floor of the vehicle, and
a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly from the seat bottom and the seat foundation, the seat bottom and the seat back cooperate to define an occupant-support region adapted to support an occupant above the floor of the vehicle,
wherein at least one of the seat bottom and the seat back includes an outer trim and a cushion at least partially covered by the outer trim,
wherein the cushion includes: (i) a suspension system including a first plurality of suspension links defining a first plurality of repeated cells and a second plurality of suspension links defining a second plurality of repeated cells that are arranged to lie above the first plurality of repeated cells, the first plurality of repeated cells are different than the second plurality of repeated cells, and (ii) an air-management system integrated into the first and second plurality of suspension links and configured to direct pressurized air toward the occupant-support region.