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US 2020/0122606 A1Published application
Apparatus and seat assembly to prevent unintended seat adjust switch actuation in vehicle side impact
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJuergen Koehler, Linh Ngoc Doan
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Abstract
An apparatus adapted to prevent unintended seat adjust switch actuation in a vehicle side impact or crash includes a wall, having a window, a seat adjustment switch behind the wall, an actuator connected to the seat adjustment switch and extending through the window and a stop adapted to limit displacement of the actuator when the actuator is displaced inboard toward the wall. That stop may be carried on one of the wall or the actuator. A new and improved seat assembly is also disclosed.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a wall including a window;
- a seat adjustment switch inboard of said wall;
- an actuator outboard of said wall connected to said seat adjustment switch;
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- a stop adapted to limit displacement of said actuator when said actuator is displaced inboard toward said wall wherein said stop is carried on one of said wall and said actuator.
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A seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat;
- a wall by said seat, said wall including a window;
- a seat adjustment switch inboard of said wall;
- an actuator, outboard of said wall, connected to said seat adjustment switch;
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- a stop adapted to limit displacement of said actuator when said actuator is displaced inboard toward said wall wherein said stop is carried on one of said wall and said actuator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.