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US 2009/0152907 A1Published application
Apparatus for exchanging driver's seat with passenger's seat
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJeong Hoon Lee
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Abstract
An apparatus for exchanging a driver's seat with a passenger's seat of a vehicle comprises seat bases on which a driver's seat and a passenger's seat are provided, a main body assembly provided between the seats, and a link mechanism for linking the main body assembly to the respective seat bases. Seat motor(s) and a main motor of the main body assembly are controlled so as to directly exchange the seats.
Claims11
An apparatus for exchanging a driver's seat with a passenger's seat of a vehicle, comprising:
- seat bases each provided on the driver's seat and the passenger's seat respectively, being movable on a portion of the floor of the vehicle and being rotatable by seat motors;
- a main body assembly provided between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat and having a main motor for rotation of the main body assembly;
- and
- link mechanisms each linking the respective seat bases to the main body assembly and having rotary points each provided at the center of the respective link mechanisms;
- wherein,
- the main body assembly is provided with rotating elements for rotating link arms of the link mechanisms so that included angles at the rotary points vary with rotation of the link arms.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.