Vehicle seat buckle assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMonica Ramirez, Fernando Ortega
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a seat having a seat bottom and a seatback. The vehicle includes a buckle movable from a retracted position at the seatback to a deployed position spaced from the seatback. The vehicle includes an actuator operatively coupled to the buckle to move the buckle from the retracted position to the deployed position. The vehicle includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive an indication that an occupant of the seat will exit the vehicle and, in response, command the actuator to move the buckle from the retracted position to the deployed position.
Claims19
A vehicle, comprising:
- a seat having a seat bottom and a seatback;
- a buckle movable from a retracted position at the seatback to a deployed position spaced from the seatback;
- an actuator operatively coupled to the buckle to move the buckle from the retracted position to the deployed position;
- a track elongated from a first end to a second end;
- the actuator including a first gear at the first end, a second gear at the second end, and a belt engaged with the first gear and the second gear;
- and
- a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive an indication that an occupant of the seat will exit the vehicle;
- and
- in response to receiving the indication that the occupant of the seat will exit the vehicle, command the actuator to move the buckle from the retracted position to the deployed position.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a seat having a seat bottom and a seatback;
- a buckle movable from a retracted position at the seatback to a deployed position spaced from the seatback;
- a track elongated from a first end to a second end, the buckle at the retracted position being at the first end and the buckle at the deployed position being at the second end;
- and
- an actuator operatively coupled to the buckle to move the buckle from the retracted position to the deployed position, the actuator including a first gear at the first end, a second gear at the second end, and a belt engaged with the first gear and the second gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.