IP Library Granted Patent US 11,673,498
Granted Patent B2
US 11,673,498 · App. 17/360,386 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Vehicle seat with vibration device

Inventor: Sophia Bennis (Paris, FR)
Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
B60N2/976B60N2002/981
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,673,498
App. No.
17/360,386
Filed
Jun 28, 2021
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3636
USPC
297/217.3
Abstract

A vehicle seat comprises at least one vibration device comprising an electroacoustic transducer, the vibration device having a mass less than or equal to 130 g.

Claims (20)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

at least one vibration device configured to provide a tactile stimulation to a seat occupant of the vehicle seat and comprising an electroacoustic transducer,

wherein the vibration device has a mass less than or equal to 130 g,

wherein the electroacoustic transducer comprises a housing and a permanent magnet, the permanent magnet being movably connected to the housing by at least one suspension, the suspension having a stiffness greater than 5,000 N·m −1 .

2. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the stiffness is greater than 9,000 N·m −1 .

3. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein the electroacoustic transducer has a resonant frequency of less than 50 Hz.

4. A vehicle seat comprising:

at least one vibration device configured to provide a tactile stimulation to a seat occupant of the vehicle seat and comprising an electroacoustic transducer,

wherein the vibration device has a mass less than or equal to 130 g,

wherein the electroacoustic transducer comprises a permanent magnet,

wherein the permanent magnet is made of neodymium,

wherein the electroacoustic transducer comprises a coil, the permanent magnet being at least partially received inside the coil, the coil and the permanent magnet together producing a magnetic field greater than 2.5 T.

5. The vehicle seat of claim 4 , wherein a displacement of the permanent magnet due to the magnetic field produces a force greater than 3 N.

6. A vehicle seat comprising:

at least one vibration device configured to provide a tactile stimulation to a seat occupant of the vehicle seat and comprising an electroacoustic transducer,

wherein the vibration device has a mass less than or equal to 130 g,

wherein the electroacoustic transducer comprises a permanent magnet and a coil, the permanent magnet being at least partially received inside the coil and configured to move the permanent magnet relative to the coil to provide the tactile stimulation.

7. The vehicle seat of claim 6 , wherein the electroacoustic transducer comprises a housing, the permanent magnet being movably connected to the housing by at least one suspension.

8. The vehicle seat of claim 6 , further comprising a seating portion and a backrest, the vibration device being located in the seating portion or in the backrest, and wherein the electroacoustic transducer comprises a housing fixed to one of the seating portion or the backrest and the permanent magnet movably connected to the housing by at least one suspension.

9. The vehicle seat of claim 6 , further comprising a seating portion and a backrest, the vibration device being located in the seating portion or in the backrest.

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