# US 11,897,395 B2 · Vehicle seat with self-adjusting display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,395 B2 - Document ID: US11897395B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/306,757 - Filed: 2021-05-03 - Published: 2022-11-03 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-05-03 - Assignees: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC - Applicants: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC - Inventors: Robert Fitzpatrick; Jeffery Bonk; James Farber; Todd Sieting - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897395B2 ## CPC - B60R 11/0235: {of flat type, e.g. LCD} - B60N 2/20: the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence) - B60N 2/22: the back-rest being adjustable {(B60N2/2878 takes precedence)} - B60N 2/879: with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers - G01C 9/06: Electric or photoelectric indication or reading means - H05K 5/0017: {with operator interface units} - B60R 2011/0015: {Back-rests} - B60R 2011/0017: {Head-rests} - B60R 2011/0085: {with adjustment by rotation in their operational position} - B60R 2011/0092: {with motorization} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A vehicle seat is equipped with a display mounted on a reclinable seat back. The display self-adjusts to maintain a desired viewing angle when the recline angle of the seat back changes. The display is selectively locked or unlocked with respect to the seat back to move about a pivot axis. When a change in the recline angle is detected, the display is unlocked until the desired viewing angle is reestablished. Display movement relative to the seat can be damped rotational movement or motorized movement. A user can interact with the display to set or change the desired viewing angle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle seat, comprising: a seat back; a display attached to the seat back for movement about a pivot axis; and a lock that engages to prevent movement of the display about the pivot axis and disengages to permit movement of the display about the pivot axis, wherein the vehicle seat is configured to self-maintain a desired viewing angle of the display when a recline angle of the seat back changes. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein the movement of the display about the pivot axis when the lock is disengaged is rotational movement. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, further comprising a damper that limits a speed of the movement about the pivot axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein the lock is electromagnetic. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein the lock comprises a clutch configured to permit manual adjustment of the viewing angle when the lock is engaged. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein the vehicle seat is configured to detect a change in the recline angle and to change an angle defined between the seat back and the display in response to the detected change in recline angle to maintain the desired viewing angle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vehicle seat of claim 6, wherein the lock is configured to disengage in response to the detected change in recline angle and to reengage when the desired viewing angle is reestablished. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, further comprising a gyroscope that detects a change in the recline angle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, further comprising an inclinometer that detects a change in the recline angle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, further comprising a vision system that detects a change in the recline angle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, further comprising a motor configured to change an angle of the display with respect to the seat to maintain the desired viewing angle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vehicle seat of claim 11, wherein the vehicle seat includes a motorized recliner operable to change the recline angle of the seat back, the motor being configured for coordinated movement of the display and the seat back such that the desired viewing angle is maintained throughout the change in the recline angle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein the desired viewing angle is user determinable. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vehicle seat of claim 1, wherein the desired viewing angle is determined by a vision system. ### Claim 15 A vehicle seat, comprising: a seat back; a display attached to the seat back for movement about a pivot axis, wherein the vehicle seat is configured to self-maintain a desired viewing angle of the display when a recline angle of the seat back changes; and a lock that is engaged to prevent movement of the display about the pivot axis when the display is at the desired viewing angle, wherein the vehicle seat is configured to detect a change in the recline angle and to change an angle defined between the seat back and the display in response to the detected change in recline angle to maintain the desired viewing angle, and wherein the lock is configured to disengage in response to the detected change in recline angle and to reengage when the desired viewing angle is reestablished. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The vehicle seat of claim 15, wherein the lock is electromagnetic. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The vehicle seat of claim 15, wherein the lock comprises a clutch configured to permit manual adjustment of the viewing angle when the lock is engaged. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The vehicle seat of claim 15, further comprising a gyroscope that detects the change in the recline angle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The vehicle seat of claim 15, further comprising an inclinometer that detects the change in the recline angle. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The vehicle seat of claim 15, further comprising a vision system that detects the change in the recline angle.