Motor vehicle seat with integrated controls
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorStefano Varisco
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Abstract
An motor vehicle seat for a driver of a motor vehicle includes a frame and one or more control devices coupled to the frame in a movable manner relative to the frame and manually manoeuvrable by the driver to emit electrical control signals configured to drive the motor vehicle according to the movement of the control devices with respect to the frame.
Claims18
A motor vehicle seat for a driver of a motor vehicle, the seat comprising a frame and one or more control devices coupled to the frame in a movable manner relative to the frame and manually manoeuvrable by the driver to emit electrical control signals configured to drive the motor vehicle based on a movement of the one or more control devices relative to the frame,
- wherein the one or more control devices comprise a first control device configured to emit at least a first electrical control signal of said electrical control signals, the first electrical control signals being configured for a function defined by one of steering the motor vehicle, accelerating the motor vehicle, and decelerating the motor vehicle,
- wherein the first control device is movable to emit the first electrical signal, and
- wherein the first electrical signal is configured to at least enable a steering of the motor vehicle or to set a steering angle, the first control device further comprising a first and a second pedal depressible from a top to a bottom with a foot of the driver to emit, respectively, second and third electrical control signals of said electrical control signals, the second and third electrical control signals respectively being configured to increase and decrease the steering angle.
A motor vehicle seat for a driver of a motor vehicle, the seat comprising a frame and one or more control devices coupled to the frame in a movable manner relative to the frame and manually manoeuvrable by the driver to emit electrical control signals configured to drive the motor vehicle based on the movement of the control devices relative to the frame,
- wherein the one or more control devices comprise a first control device configured to emit at least a first electrical control signal of said electrical control signals, the first electrical control signals being configured for a function defined by one of steering the motor vehicle, accelerating the motor vehicle, and decelerating the motor vehicle,
- wherein the first control device is movable for emitting the first electrical control signal, and
- wherein the first electrical control signal is configured to enable said function, and at least one second control device is movable from a rest position to emit at least one second electrical control signal of said electrical control signals, the second electrical control signal being configured to proportionally increase or decrease a steering angle or an acceleration value of the motor vehicle or a deceleration value of the motor vehicle, respectively, as a function of an amount of movement of the second control device from the rest position only when said function is first enabled through movement of the first control device.
A motor vehicle seat for a driver of a motor vehicle, the seat comprising a frame and one or more control devices coupled to the frame in a movable manner relative to the frame and manually manoeuvrable by the driver to emit electrical control signals configured to drive the motor vehicle based on the movement of the control devices relative to the frame,
- wherein the one or more control devices comprise a first control device configured to emit at least a first electrical control signal of said electrical control signals, the first electrical control signals being configured for a function defined by one of steering the motor vehicle, accelerating the motor vehicle, and decelerating the motor vehicle, and
- wherein the first control device is movable for emitting the first electrical control signal, wherein the first electrical control signal is configured to set a steering angle or an acceleration value of the motor vehicle or a deceleration value of the motor vehicle, respectively, and
- at least one second control device movable from a rest position to emit at least one second electrical control signal of said electrical control signals, the second electrical control signal being configured to proportionally increase or decrease the steering angle, or increase or decrease the acceleration value of the motor vehicle, or increase or decrease the deceleration value of the motor vehicle as a function of an amount of movement of the second control device from the rest position only if first set via movement of the first control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.