Apparatus for controlling crash pad linked with vehicle seat and method for controlling crash pad for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorHye Kyung Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a crash pad may include a hinge disposed at a lower portion of a knee bolster of the crash pad; a first guide rail configured to drive the hinge; a second guide rail configured to drive the hinge; a first gear configured to drive the first guide rail; a first actuator configured to drive the first gear in response to a signal to operate a vehicle seat; and a second actuator configured to drive the second gear in response to a seat operation signal for the vehicle.
Claims7
An apparatus for controlling a crash pad, the apparatus comprising:
- a hinge disposed at a lower portion of a knee bolster of the crash pad;
- a first guide rail configured to drive the hinge;
- a second guide rail configured to drive the hinge;
- a first gear configured to drive the first guide rail;
- a second gear configured to drive the second guide rail;
- a first actuator configured to drive the first gear in response to a signal to operate a vehicle seat;
- and
- a second actuator configured to drive the second gear in response to a seat operation signal for a vehicle,
- wherein the first actuator and the second actuator are operated with a same stroke or with different strokes in response to the seat operation signal,
- wherein the seat operation signal for the vehicle rotates the vehicle seat, and
- wherein when the vehicle seat is rotated, the first actuator and the second actuator are operated with the different strokes.
A method for controlling a crash pad, the method including:
- controlling a vehicle seat to be operated by a controller;
- and
- controlling an angle of a knee bolster of the crash pad based on an operation state of the vehicle seat by the controller,
- wherein the controller controls a first actuator and a second actuator for controlling the angle of the knee bolster with different strokes or with a same stroke based on the operation state of the vehicle seat,
- wherein the controlling of the vehicle seat to be operated includes rotating the vehicle seat by the controller, and
- wherein the controller controls the first actuator and the second actuator for controlling the angle of knee bolster with the different strokes based on a rotation state of the vehicle seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.