Restraint systems
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsArturo Llamazares Domper, Nathaniel J. Dennis, Alexander M. Zoellner
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Abstract
A restraint system includes a restraint, 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 event, receive information indicative of a recline angle 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 event and the recline angle being above the recline threshold.
Claims20
A restraint system, comprising:
- a restraint configured to secure an occupant to a seat;
- an anchor coupled to the restraint and movable along an 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 based on the information indicative of the imminent vehicle event and the information indicative of the recline angle being above the recline threshold.
A restraint system, comprising:
- a seat comprising a seat back positioned in relation to a seat pan at a recline angle, wherein the seat is movable along a seat 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 allow movement of the seat along the seat guide based on the information indicative of the imminent collision and the information indicative of 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 information indicative of a recline angle of the seat being above a 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 information indicative of the recline angle being above the recline threshold,
- wherein a seat pan of the seat is movable along the seat guide in at least one of a fore-aft direction or an up-down direction in relation to a seat back of the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.