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

Claim 17:
18. An occupant support comprising
a seat foundation and
an occupant-support base coupled to the seat foundation;
wherein the occupant-support base includes an outer trim and a cushion at least partially covered by the outer trim and formed in one-piece by additive-manufacturing such that each component of the cushion is connected endlessly to one another, and
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 including a manifold configured to receive pressurized air, a plurality of conduits coupled to the manifold and configured to direct the pressurized air toward different areas of the second plurality of suspension links, and a fluid barrier arranged to lie between the first plurality of suspension links and the second plurality of suspension links to block the flow of air from the second plurality of suspension links to the first plurality of suspension links after the pressurized air is discharged from the plurality of conduits to the second plurality of suspension links.