# US 2006/0041359 A1 · Driving position adjusting device for automotive vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2006/0041359 A1 - Document ID: US20060041359A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/167,130 - Filed: 2005-06-28 - Published: 2006-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2004-08-03 - Assignees: Mazda Motor Corporation - Inventors: Tomonori Ohtsubo; Hiroki Uemura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20060041359A1 ## CPC - G05G 1/40: adjustable - B60N 2/0252: {with relations between different adjustments, e.g. height of headrest following longitudinal position of seat} - B60N 2/1615: {Parallelogram-like structure} - B60N 2/164: {Linear actuator, e.g. screw mechanism} - B60N 2/1695: {with simultaneous height and inclination adjustment} - B60N 3/063: {with adjustment systems} - B60N 2/0272: {using sensors or detectors for detecting the position of seat parts} - Y10T 74/20528: Foot operated - G05G: CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY ("Bowden" or like mechanisms F16C1/10; gearings or mechanisms not peculiar to this purpose F16H; speed changing or reversing mechanisms for gearings conveying rotary motion F16H59/00 - F16H63/00) - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract The pedal adjusting devises and the floor adjusting device control pedals and the movable floor respectively according to the driver's body size detected, with first adjusting characteristic such that the pedals become closer to the driver and the movable floor goes up further, as the driver's body size detected becomes small, and with second adjusting characteristics, which are different from the first characteristics, for the driver having the relatively small body size whose body size detected is smaller than the specified body size. Accordingly, the arrangement positions of the pedals and the going-up-and-down position of the floor can be properly adjusted for drivers having different body sizes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle which adjusts a driving position of a driver in a driver's seat, comprising: a driver's body size detecting device operative to detect a body size of the driver; a driving operational system including a pedal operated by the driver; an adjusting device operative to adjust a position of said driving operational system; a control device operative to control said adjusting device, wherein said control device controls said adjusting device with a first adjusting characteristic and a second adjusting characteristic according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device, said first adjusting characteristic being such that the position of said driving operational system adjusted by said adjusting device becomes closer to the driver as the driver's body size detected becomes small, said second adjusting characteristic being to control said adjusting device for the driver having a relatively small body size whose body size detected is smaller than a specified body size, said second adjusting characteristic having a different characteristic with respect to the driver's body size from said first adjusting characteristic. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 1, wherein said adjusting device comprises a pedal adjusting device operative to adjust an arrangement position of the pedal of said driving operational system, and said control device controls said pedal adjusting device with a first adjusting characteristic and a second adjusting characteristic according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device, said first adjusting characteristic being such that the pedal arrangement position adjusted by said pedal adjusting device becomes closer to the driver as the driver's body size detected becomes small, said second adjusting characteristic being to control said pedal adjusting device for the driver having the relatively small body size whose body size detected is smaller than the specified body size, said second adjusting characteristic having a different characteristic with respect to the driver's body size from said first adjusting characteristic. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 2, wherein said second adjusting characteristic is such that said pedal arrangement position adjusted by said pedal adjusting device becomes closer to the driver as the driver's body size detected becomes small, and such that a changing amount of adjusting said pedal arrangement position with respect to the driver's body size is restrained compared with said first adjusting characteristic. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 2, wherein said second adjusting characteristic is such that said pedal arrangement position adjusted by said pedal adjusting device does not change substantially according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 2, wherein said second adjusting characteristic is such that said pedal arrangement position adjusted by said pedal adjusting device becomes further away from the driver as the driver's body size detected becomes small. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 2, wherein said pedal comprises a bake pedal and an accelerator pedal, said pedal adjusting device comprises a brake pedal adjusting device operative to adjust a position of said brake pedal and an accelerator pedal adjusting device operative to adjust a position of said accelerator pedal, and said control device controls said brake pedal adjusting device with said first adjusting characteristic and controls said accelerator pedal adjusting device with said first and second adjusting characteristics. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 2, wherein said pedal comprises a bake pedal and an accelerator pedal, said pedal adjusting device comprises a brake pedal adjusting device operative to adjust a position of said brake pedal and an accelerator pedal adjusting device operative to adjust a position of said accelerator pedal, and said control device controls said brake pedal adjusting device and said accelerator pedal adjusting device according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device such that a relative position of the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal becomes closer as the driver's body size detected becomes small. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 2, wherein there is provided a movable floor which is disposed near the pedal of said driving operational system and arranged so as to go up and down, said adjusting device further comprises a floor adjusting device operative to adjust a going-up-and-down position of said movable floor according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 2, wherein there are provided a seat adjusting device operative to adjust a position of a sitting face of the driver's seat and a seat position detecting device operative to detect the position of the sitting face of the driver's seat which is adjusted by said seat adjusting device, and said driver's body size detecting device comprises said seat position detecting device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 9, wherein said seat adjusting device adjusts a longitudinal position, a vertical position and an angle of the sitting face of the seat together such that the driver is located in a mode position corresponding to the driver's body size and the driver in the mode position is rotated around a specified rotational axis extending in a vehicle width direction, whereby driver's eyes can be located substantially at the same position regardless of the body size of the driver, and said pedal adjusting device adjusts the arrangement position of the pedal, in cooperation with the adjusting of the sitting face by said seat adjusting device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 1, wherein there is provided a movable floor which is disposed near the pedal of said driving operational system and arranged so as to go up and down, said adjusting device comprises a floor adjusting device operative to adjust a going-up-and-down position of said movable floor, and said control device controls said floor adjusting device with a first adjusting characteristic and a second adjusting characteristic according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device, said first adjusting characteristic being such that the going-up-and-down position of said movable floor adjusted by said floor adjusting device becomes higher as the driver's body size detected becomes small, said second adjusting characteristic being to control said floor adjusting device for the driver having the relatively small body size whose body size detected is smaller than the specified body size, said second adjusting characteristic having a different characteristic with respect to the driver's body size from said first adjusting characteristic. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 11, wherein said second adjusting characteristic is such that said going-up-and-down position of said movable floor adjusted by said floor adjusting device becomes closer to the driver as the driver's body size detected becomes small, and such that a changing amount of adjusting said going-up-and-down position of said movable floor with respect to the driver's body size is restrained compared with said first adjusting characteristic. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 11, wherein said second adjusting characteristic is such that said going-up-and-down position of said movable floor adjusted by said floor adjusting device does not change substantially according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 11, wherein said second adjusting characteristic is such that said going-up-and-down position of said movable floor adjusted by said floor adjusting device becomes lower as the driver's body size detected becomes small. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 11, wherein there is further provided a pedal adjusting device operative to adjust an arrangement position of the pedal of said driving operational system according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 11, wherein there are provided a seat adjusting device operative to adjust a position of a sitting face of the driver's seat and a seat position detecting device operative to detect the position of the sitting face of the driver's seat which is adjusted by said seat adjusting device, and said driver's body size detecting device comprises said seat position detecting device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle of claim 16, wherein said seat adjusting device adjusts a longitudinal position, a vertical position and an angle of the sitting face of the seat together such that the driver is located in a mode position corresponding to the driver's body size and the driver in the mode position is rotated around a specified rotational axis extending in a vehicle width direction, whereby driver's eyes can be located substantially at the same position regardless of the body size of the driver, and said floor adjusting device adjusts a going-up-and-down position and an angle of the movable floor, in cooperation with the adjusting of the sitting face by said seat adjusting device. ### Claim 18 A driving position adjusting device for an automotive vehicle which adjusts a driving position of a driver in a driver's seat, comprising: a driver's body size detecting device operative to detect a body size of the driver; a pedal operated by the driver; a movable floor which is disposed near said pedal and arranged so as to go up and down; a floor adjusting device operative to adjust a going-up-and-down position of said movable floor; and a control device operative to control said floor adjusting device, wherein said control device controls said floor adjusting device with a first adjusting characteristic and a second adjusting characteristic according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device, said first adjusting characteristic being such that the going-up-and-down position of said movable floor adjusted by said floor adjusting device becomes higher as the driver's body size detected becomes small, said second adjusting characteristic being to control said floor adjusting device for the driver having a relatively small body size whose body size detected is smaller than a specified body size, said second adjusting characteristic being such that the going-up-and-down position of said movable floor adjusted by said floor adjusting device does not change substantially according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device, wherein there are further provided a pedal adjusting device operative to adjust an arrangement position of said pedal according to the driver's body size detected by said driver's body size detecting device, a seat adjusting device operative to adjust a position of a sitting face of the driver's seat, and a seat position detecting device operative to detect the position of the sitting face of the driver's seat which is adjusted by said seat adjusting device, wherein said driver's body size detecting device comprises said seat position detecting device, and wherein said seat adjusting device adjusts a longitudinal position, a vertical position and an angle of the sitting face of the seat together such that the driver is located in a mode position corresponding to the driver's body size and the driver in the mode position is rotated around a specified rotational axis extending in a vehicle width direction, whereby driver's eyes can be located substantially at the same position regardless of the body size of the driver, and said floor adjusting device adjusts the going-up-and-down position and an angle of the movable floor, in cooperation with the adjusting of the sitting face by said seat adjusting device.