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US 7,746,011 B2Granted
Vehicle seat, in particular a motor-vehicle seat
AssigneeFaurecia Autositze GmbH
InventorsRainer Gerding, Thomas Bethge
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle, and equipped with a central control unit, motors, peripheral motor control devices each associated to one motor and connected to the central control unit. To allow rapid and accurate adjustments while providing versatility, the invention provides that each motor and its associated motor control device shall constitute a closed regulation loop.
Claims14
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a central control unit,
- peripheral motor control devices operably connected to the central control unit,
- motors, each associated to one peripheral control device,
- each motor and an associated peripheral control device constituting a closed regulation loop to carry out one or more functions without data transmission to the central control unit,
- the motor control devices are connected to one another and to the central control unit by a serial bus,
- the central control unit and the peripheral motor control devices are configured as a master-slave control system, and
- the motor control devices are connected to power lines that issue from the central control unit.
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