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US 10,471,857 B2Granted
Reclining rear seat system for a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid Woodhouse, Bonghoon Lukas Chung, Moray Stuart Callum, Soo Young Kang-Morales
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Abstract
A reclining rear seat system is provided for a motor vehicle. That reclining rear seat system includes a front seat, a first actuator for displacing the front seat between a first position and a second position, a reclining rear seat and a second actuator for displacing the reclining rear seat between an upright position and fully reclined position. Further the system includes a controller configured to control the reclining rear seat system and a front seat occupant sensor.
Claims6
A method for reclining a rear seat in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- detecting, by a sensor, presence of an occupant in a front seat;
- displacing, by a first actuator, said front seat forward if no occupant is detected so as to increase space behind said front seat;
- and
- reclining, by a second actuator, a rear seat in said increased space behind said front seat.
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