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US 2017/0282756 A1Published application
Vehicle seat
AssigneeFaurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
InventorsJeffery T. BONK, Dale J. FRYE, Timothy L. MOULTON, Jared A. JUDSON
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom and move relative to the seat bottom. The vehicle seat is coupled to a vehicle floor for movement relative to the vehicle floor between a use arrangement and a storage arrangement.
Claims20
A vehicle seat motion system for loading cargo into a vehicle, the vehicle seat motion system comprising
- a vehicle seat including a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to pivot relative to the seat bottom, the seat bottom being adapted to slide back and forth along a vehicle floor,
- a remote interface unit,
- a sensor unit coupled to the vehicle seat to sense an arrangement of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor,
- an actuator unit configured to unlock the vehicle seat allowing movement of the vehicle seat and lock the vehicle seat blocking movement of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor, and
- a controller configured to receive a signal from the remote interface unit, activate the actuator unit in response to a sensed force applied to the seat back to facilitate moving the vehicle seat, and deactivate the actuator unit in response to sensing the vehicle seat at a predetermined arrangement and in response to sensing the vehicle seat in contact with an obstruction prior to reaching the predetermined arrangement.
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A vehicle seat motion system for loading cargo, the vehicle seat motion system comprising
- a vehicle seat with a seat back and a seat bottom, wherein the seat bottom is adapted to be mounted to a track to slide along a vehicle floor and the seat back is adapted to pivot about the seat bottom and
- powered means for rearranging the vehicle seat by sliding the seat bottom along the vehicle floor in response to an applied force that is applied to the seat back to allow for cargo storage in front of or behind the vehicle seat,
- wherein the powered means stops sliding the vehicle seat forward in response to the vehicle seat reaching a full-forward position and in response to the vehicle seat contacting an obstruction prior to reaching the full-forward position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.