Seat assembly
AssigneesAdient US LLC, KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsThomas Dillinger, Christian Schirp
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Abstract
A floating seat may have at least one seat shell with a seat surface region and a backrest region. The seat may also have a base element on which the seat shell is arranged in an adjustable manner, and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the seat shell relative to the base element and/or a seat base. The adjustment mechanism has at least one adjustment unit for adjusting the seat shell and at least one drive unit which is designed to lock the base element and the seat shell in place in a self-locking manner. The lock can be released by a force introduced into the adjustment unit by an occupant sitting in the seat shell via said seat shell as well as by a force introduced into the adjustment unit by the drive unit.
Claims14
A seat assembly, comprising:
- at least one seat with a seat surface region and a backrest region,
- a base element on which the seat is adjustably arranged,
- at least one adjustment unit for adjusting the seat relative to the base element and/or a seat base, and
- at least one drive unit,
- wherein the drive unit is configured to lock the base element and the seat in a self-locking manner, and wherein the locking can be released both by a force (F(I)) introduced into the adjustment unit via the seat by an occupant sitting in the seat, and also by a force (F(5)) introduced into the adjustment unit by the drive unit, wherein at least one force sensor is arranged in the force flow between the seat and the seat base and/or the base element.
The seat assembly as claimed in 2, wherein the control unit is configured, in an activated adjustment mode, to move the seat such that it follows the body movement of an occupant sitting in the seat into a desired seat position, and wherein the seat is locked in the desired seat position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.