A seat for a motor vehicle includes a basic shell and a seat surface. The seat surface includes a vacuum layer and an air cushion layer; and the air cushion layer is arranged between the vacuum layer and the basic shell. Also disclosed is a motor vehicle having such a seat.

A vehicle seat including: a seat body configured to seat an occupant; a pressing mechanism that is provided at the seat body and is switchable between a pressing state, in which the pressing mechanism presses against the pelvis of a seated occupant, and a non-pressing state, in which the pressing mechanism does not press against the pelvis of a seated occupant; and a control section configured to control the pressing mechanism, in a state in which an occupant is sitting on the seat body, so as to alternate repeatedly between the pressing state and the non-pressing state.

An integration between vehicle and a docking structure includes reconfiguring the vehicle for docking with the docking structure. The integration includes autonomous or automatic docking without human control; and transfer of power and data to and from the vehicle and the docking structure. A support height of a transition support of the vehicle is set to approximately the support height of a platform of the docking structure.

Massaging support including: a contact surface for a user, the contact surface including an oscillating area, at least one collapsible element, inside the massaging support and placed below each oscillating zone, the collapsible element including: an inner portion including elastically compressible material, to allow geometric variation of the oscillating zone, a casing, including the inner portion and including a gas-tight membrane, and volume variation apparatus for extracting and/or introducing gas into the enclosure, and including: a pump exclusively for extracting gas from the casing, a valve, for allowing or blocking the introduction of gas into the casing, the massaging support further including controller, to repeat several times, on command, the operations of: in a first half-period of time to contract one of the collapsible elements, placing it in depression, and, in a second half-period of time, to open the valve and expand the collapsible element.

A vehicle seat according to the present disclosure includes a pad including a foam, and a volume adjustment mechanism that allows adjustment of a volume of the foam. An adjustment method for a pad vibration characteristic according to the present disclosure adjusts a volume of a foam included in a pad to adjust a vibration characteristic of the pad.

A seat assembly for an emergency vehicle can include an adjustable base seat and backrest, a tank support assembly configured to selectively secure tanks of different sizes, and a tank clamp assembly configured to selectively secure tanks having bottom tank ends of different configurations. Slidably adjusting the base seat can cause adjustment of a recline angle of the backrest. One or more pads on the seat can be removable. The tank support assembly can include first and second tank securements and a locking member configured to rotate to selectively dispose the first or second tank securement to secure a tank. The tank clamp assembly can include a fixed foot clamp, a movable foot clamp, and an adjustment device configured to slide the movable foot clamp to selectively clamp the bottom tank ends of different sizes between the movable foot clamp and the fixed foot clamp.

A vehicle seat includes a fabric center portion, first and second bolsters, a first seam between the first bolster and the center portion, a second seam between the center portion and the second bolster, and a seat frame. First and second extension members are disposed along and coupled to the respective first and second seams. The first and second extension members are adjustable between first and second positions.

A vehicle seating system includes a frame, a plurality of seat bolsters coupled to the frame, and a plurality of air channels interposing adjacent ones of the plurality of seat bolsters. The plurality of air channels exposes portions of the frame between the adjacent ones of the plurality of seat bolsters. Each of the plurality of seat bolsters is detachably coupled to a front surface of the frame while the frame is installed in a vehicle. Each of the plurality of seat bolsters has a seat bolster configuration defined based on a user physical profile, a use case of the vehicle, an environmental condition, or a combination thereof.

Disclosed is a vehicular seat element comprising a first major surface, a second major surface and a foam core element disposed therebetween. The first major surface is configured to be in contact with an occupant of the vehicle and the second major surface is configured to be in contact with a support surface of the vehicle. The first major surface comprises a rate sensitive foam element secured with respect to the foam core element. The foam core element and the rate sensitive foam element are different from one another.

A seat back configured to support a back of a seated person includes a back frame constituting an internal framework; and an elastic mat fitted to the back frame so as to cover the back frame from a front side, the elastic mat having a planar shape and being configured to elastically support the back of the seated person. The back frame includes a frame body and a support wire that protrudes forward from the frame body. The elastic mat includes a main support portion configured to support the back of the seated person, and a band portion that extends from a back surface of the main support portion, the band portion being wound around the support wire. The elastic mat has a through-hole through which a head at a distal end of the wound band portion is inserted such that the head is snap-fitted in the through-hole.