Bentley Bentayga EWB's Airline Seats 'most advanced ever'

MANILA: The new Airline Seat specification of the Bentley Bentayga EWB is the most advanced seat ever fitted to a car.

With 22 ways of adjustment, the world’s first auto climate sensing system, and advanced postural adjustment technology, the Bentayga EWB boasts of the finest rear accommodation.  Initial customer uptake for the Bentayga's Airline Seat specification is rated at 50%. 

After a rear seat passenger selects their desired temperature from seven different levels, the auto climate seat senses passenger temperature and surface humidity with an accuracy of 0.1°C every 25 milliseconds. The system can then determine whether to apply heat, ventilation or both simultaneously to keep the passenger at optimum thermal wellbeing.

The passenger defines an optimal surface temperature target from seven settings. Sensors measure and produce live data to determine what seat heating, cooling, and ventilation levels are required to achieve the best comfort temperature for the passenger. At the initial phase, the seat works efficiently to deliver the desired temperature, bringing the seat heating and ventilation systems as quickly as possible.

The system then maintains the optimal thermal comfort throughout the journey with micro adjustments to the seat thermal system. While a  human can only notice a change in surface temperature between 1-2°C, the system is constantly monitoring actual temperature to a much more detailed level, so the system knows what the passenger is going to need before they would know themselves. Live data allows the system to activate before the passenger even knows it is required. 

Meanwhile, the Bentayga EWB's Airline Seat postural adjustment system automatically makes micro adjustments to the passenger’s seating position and pressure points, using an algorithm developed in collaboration with a chiropractor.

Working with specialists Comfort Motion Global (CMG), Bentley has developed a scientific, pneumatic postural adjustment system. CMG has been working in the field of fatigue prevention for several years, conducting medical-based research trials that highlight the benefits of changes in posture for comfort and wellbeing.

The postural system can apply 177 individual pressure changes across six fully independent pressure zones over a three-hour period, so as to improve comfort and minimize body fatigue throughout a journey. By subtly changing the shape of the surfaces of the seat over time, no one area of the body endures pressure fatigue for an extended period — the occupant is always comfortable.

The Bentayga EWB's Airline Seats have optimized seat contact profiles as well as a complex seat interlayer construction, tuned to isolate passengers from road vibration.

Studies have shown that actively supporting body weight in a dynamic way relieves strain, which can prime mental stress and create lack of focus. Natural supported postures have been shown to alleviate stress from tensed muscles.

The Bentayga EWB's Airline Seats also feature 22 ways of electric adjustment of the rear seat with additional electric foot rest. 

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