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US 12,150,551 B2Granted
Powered chairs for public venues, assemblies for use in powered chairs, and components for use in assemblies for use in powered chairs
OwnerFrederick Jacobs, Matthew Jacobs +2inventors
InventorsFrederick Jacobs, Matthew Jacobs, Terry Plumert, Steven Hayden
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Abstract
Powered chairs, assemblies for use in the powered chairs, and components for use in the assemblies are provided. Electrical systems for use in the powered chairs, and components for use in the electrical systems are provided. Control systems and methods for operating powered chairs are also provided. Any given chair may be locally and/or remotely controlled.
Claims43
A powered recliner chair, comprising:
- at least one actuator having an actuator drive motor;
- and
- a controller configured to control reorientation of the powered recliner chair from a first orientation to a second orientation based on at least one of:
- a first number of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a first width of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a first frequency of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a first actuator drive motor activation time, or first power pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, wherein the controller is further configured to control reorientation of the powered recliner chair from the first orientation to a third orientation based on at least one of:
- a second number of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a second width of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a second frequency of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a second actuator drive motor activation time, or second power pulses associated with the actuator drive motor.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one actuator having an actuator drive motor;
- and
- a controller configured to control reorientation of a portion of the apparatus from a first orientation to a second orientation based on at least one of:
- a first number of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a first width of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a first frequency of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a first actuator drive motor activation time, or first power pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, wherein the controller is further configured to control reorientation of the portion of the apparatus from the first orientation to a third orientation based on at least one of:
- a second number of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a second width of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a second frequency of electrical pulses associated with the actuator drive motor, a second actuator drive motor activation time, or second power pulses associated with the actuator drive motor.
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A powered recliner chair, comprising:
- at least one actuator having an actuator drive motor;
- a controller configured to control movement of the at least one actuator from a first orientation to a second orientation based on at least one of:
- a number of electrical pulses associated with an actuator drive motor, a width of electrical pulses associated with an actuator drive motor, a frequency of electrical pulses associated with an actuator drive motor, an actuator activation time, or power pulses associated with an actuator drive motor;
- and
- a recliner mechanism system including at least one mechanism selected from a group:
- a cable between an ottoman and an actuator, an actuator extend hard stop, an actuator rotation hard stop, or a gas-charged piston and an actuator, to control movement of a chair back relative to movement of a chair ottoman.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.