Steering column adjustment assembly
AssigneeSteering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
InventorRichard K. Riefe
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Abstract
A steering column adjustment assembly includes a steering column that is automatically adjustable in an autonomous or semi-autonomous driving mode. Also included is a controller receiving information from at least one detection component, the controller adjusting the steering column in the autonomous or semi-autonomous driving mode to a position that is selected for an impact event, the position determined by at least one factor related to the information received from the at least one detection component.
Claims18
A steering column adjustment assembly comprising:
- a steering column that is adjustable over a range of positions, the steering column manually adjustable by a driver in a manual driving mode and automatically adjustable in an autonomous or semi-autonomous driving mode;
- at least one sensor detecting a seated configuration of a driver;
- and
- a controller in operative communication with the at least one sensor, the controller adjusting the steering column in the autonomous or semi-autonomous driving mode to a position that is selected for an impact event, the position determined at least partially by the seated configuration of the driver.
A steering column adjustment assembly comprising:
- a steering column that is automatically adjustable in an autonomous or semi-autonomous driving mode;
- and
- a controller receiving information from at least one detection component, the controller adjusting the steering column in the autonomous or semi-autonomous driving mode to a position that is selected for an impact event, the position determined by at least one factor related to the information received from the at least one detection component.
A method of adjusting a steering column assembly comprising:
- obtaining data related to a seated configuration of a driver with a plurality of sensors;
- communicating the data to a controller;
- determining a seated configuration of the driver with the controller;
- determining a selected position of a steering column based on the seated configuration of the driver;
- and
- adjusting the steering column to the selected position during operation of the steering column in an autonomous or semi-autonomous driving mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.