A seat for a vehicle may include a seatback including a variable resistance support disposed within a volume of the seatback. The variable resistance support may further include one or more configurable arrays of resistive elements including collapsible structures and/or inflatable bladders that may be configured to provide energy dissipation and/or absorption during a collision event. One or more array subsets may be configured to be independently controllable and configured to provide adjustable support at a region of the seatback, the adjustable support corresponding to a mass of the occupant. Moreover, when at least a portion of the back of an occupant pushes against a front surface of the seatback due to the collision event, the arrays of resistive elements may be configured to compress and/or collapse, at least partially, to absorb an energy applied from an occupant's back associated with the collision event.


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    Title :

    Adaptive vehicle seat back stiffness restraint system


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2024-03-26


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet



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