US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Dec. 23 for "Vibration unit, seat cushion and method for producing a seat cushion" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,026, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vibration unit, seat cushion and method for producing a seat cushion" was invented by Heiko Conrady (Dusseldorf, Germany) and Sebastian Meyer (Monheim am Rhein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing for a vibration unit which can be arranged on a seat cushion of a vehicle seat and is intended to generate a haptically detectable signal at the vehicle seat. In order to enhance the driving experience of an occupant, in particular a driver, of a vehicle, the housing has an edge-free surface and at least one housing opening, which is permea...