Vehicle seat assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly includes a seat bottom. The assembly includes a seatback supported by and movable relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a reclined position. The assembly includes an actuator supported by the seat bottom and operatively coupled to the seatback to move the seatback from the reclined position to the upright position. The assembly includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to command the actuator to move the seatback to the upright position in response to detecting a pending vehicle impact.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- a seat bottom;
- a seatback supported by and movable relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a reclined position;
- an actuator supported by the seat bottom and operatively coupled to the seatback to move the seatback from the reclined position to the upright position;
- a seat recline mechanism connected to the seat bottom and the seatback, the seat recline mechanism being movable between a locked position inhibiting movement of the seatback relative to the seat bottom and an unlocked position permitting movement of the seatback relative to the seat bottom;
- the seat recline mechanism including a spring biasing the seatback at the reclined position toward the upright position;
- the actuator being operatively coupled to the seat recline mechanism to move the seat recline mechanism to the unlocked position;
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- a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to command the actuator to move the seat recline mechanism to the unlocked position to move the seatback to the upright position in response to detecting a pending vehicle impact and in response to detecting the seatback in the reclined position.
An assembly, comprising:
- a seat bottom;
- a seatback supported by and movable relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a reclined position;
- an actuator supported by the seat bottom and operatively coupled to the seatback to move the seatback from the reclined position to the upright position;
- a seat recline mechanism connected to the seat bottom and the seatback, the seat recline mechanism being movable between a locked position inhibiting movement of the seatback relative to the seat bottom and an unlocked position permitting movement of the seatback relative to the seat bottom;
- the actuator operatively coupled to the seat recline mechanism to move the seat recline mechanism to the unlocked position;
- the seat recline mechanism including a lever and movement of the lever in a first direction moves the seat recline mechanism to the unlocked position, the actuator being operatively coupled to the lever to rotate the lever in the first direction;
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- a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to command the actuator to move the seat recline mechanism to the unlocked position to move the seatback to the upright position in response to detecting a pending vehicle impact and in response to detecting the seatback in the reclined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.