Vehicle seat assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly includes a seat bottom. The assembly includes a seatback supported by and movable relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a reclined position. The assembly includes an actuator supported by the seat bottom and operatively coupled to the seatback to move the seatback from the reclined position to the upright position. The assembly includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to command to actuator to move the seatback to the upright position in response to detecting a pending vehicle impact.
Claims15
An assembly, comprising:
- a seat bottom;
- a seatback supported by and movable relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a reclined position;
- an actuator supported by the seat bottom and operatively coupled to the seatback to move the seatback from the reclined position to the upright position;
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- a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to command to actuator to move the seatback to the upright position in response to detecting a pending vehicle impact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.