Safety systems for reclined seats
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsArturo Llamazares Domper, Nathaniel J. Dennis, Alexander M. Zoellner
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Abstract
A safety system includes a restraint configured to secure an occupant to a seat, an anchor coupled to the restraint and movable along an anchor guide, an anchor energy-absorbing (EA) device configured to control movement of the anchor along the anchor guide, and a controller that includes a processor configured to receive information indicative of an imminent vehicle event, receive information indicative of a recline angle of the seat being above a recline threshold, and send a command to enable the anchor to move along the anchor guide under control of the anchor EA device based on the information indicative of the imminent vehicle event and the recline angle being above the recline threshold.
Claims24
A safety system, comprising:
- a restraint configured to secure an occupant to a seat;
- an anchor coupled to the restraint and movable along an anchor guide;
- an anchor energy-absorbing (EA) device configured to control movement of the anchor along the anchor guide;
- and
- a controller that includes a processor configured to:
- receive information indicative of an imminent vehicle event;
- receive information indicative of a recline angle of the seat being above a recline threshold;
- and
- send a command to enable the anchor to move along the anchor guide under control of the anchor EA device based on the information indicative of the imminent vehicle event and the recline angle being above the recline threshold.
A safety system, comprising:
- a seat comprising a seat back positioned in relation to a seat pan at a recline angle;
- a restraint configured to secure an occupant to the seat;
- an anchor coupled to the restraint and movable along an anchor guide;
- an anchor release mechanism configured to prohibit or allow movement of the anchor along the anchor guide;
- an anchor energy-absorbing (EA) device configured to control movement of the anchor along the anchor guide;
- and
- a controller that includes a processor configured to:
- receive information indicative of an imminent collision;
- receive information indicative of the recline angle being above a recline threshold;
- and
- send a command to the anchor release mechanism to allow movement of the anchor along the anchor guide under control of the anchor EA device based on the information indicative of the imminent collision and the recline angle being above the recline threshold.
A method of controlling movement of an occupant in a seat, comprising:
- receiving, at a controller, information indicative of an imminent vehicle event and indicative of a recline angle of the seat being above a recline threshold;
- sending a command, from the controller, to enable an anchor of a restraint associated with the seat to move along an anchor guide under control of an anchor EA device based on the information indicative of the imminent vehicle event and the recline angle being above the recline threshold;
- and
- sending a command, from the controller, to enable the seat to move along a seat guide under control of a seat EA device based on the information indicative of the imminent vehicle event and the recline angle being above the recline threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.