Patent ID: 7841663
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seat assembly comprising: a seat defining a seating surface; an adjustment mechanism mounted on said seat and including a member movable relative to said seating surface for altering a shape of said seating surface; a sensor mounted on said seat, said sensor detecting a location of an applied force acting on said seating surface by an occupant when seated on said seat and detecting an applied pressure distribution of the force exerted on said seating surface, wherein said sensor supplies a signal indicative of the location of the applied force and the applied pressure distribution of the force; and a controller receiving said signal and operable by a seat occupant for storing information corresponding to the location of the applied force and the applied pressure distribution of the force, wherein said controller is operable to move said member by said adjustment mechanism from an initial position to a subsequent position dependent on a subsequent detection of a location of a second applied force and a second applied pressure distribution of the second applied force detected by said sensor.