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US 7,818,109 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for securing an active vehicle seat
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorLinda T. Scully
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Abstract
A method for operating an active vehicle seat in a vehicle includes detecting a triggering event related to a security threat to the active vehicle seat. An operation of the active vehicle seat is disabled in response to the detected triggering event. The operation of the active vehicle seat is enabled by providing authentication of an authorized user.
Claims17
A method for operating an active vehicle seat in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a triggering event related to a threat of theft of the active vehicle seat from the vehicle, wherein the triggering event comprises at least one of a severed mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic connection to the active vehicle seat;
- disabling an operation of the active vehicle seat in response to the detected triggering event, the disabling including at least one of disabling an exerting of forces to restore the active vehicle seat to an equilibrium position and disabling an exerting of forces to minimize the acceleration experienced by the active vehicle seat;
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- enabling the operation of the active vehicle seat by providing authentication of an authorized user.
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An active vehicle seat comprising:
- a vehicle seat;
- an electromagnetic actuator that actively suspends the vehicle seat during operation;
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- a controller that detects a triggering event related to a threat of theft of the active vehicle seat from the vehicle, the triggering event comprising at least one of a severed mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic connection to the active vehicle seat, the controller disabling the operation of the active vehicle seat in response to the detected triggering event and subsequently enabling the operation of the active vehicle seat by providing authentication of an authorized user, the disabling including at least one of disabling an exerting of forces to restore the active vehicle seat to an equilibrium position and disabling an exerting of forces to minimize the acceleration experienced by the active vehicle seat.
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An active vehicle seat comprising:
- means for detecting a triggering event related to a threat of theft of the active vehicle seat from the vehicle the triggering event comprising at least one of a severed mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic connection to the active vehicle seat;
- means for disabling an operation of the active vehicle seat in response to the detected triggering event;
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- means for enabling the operation of the active vehicle seat by providing authentication of an authorized user, wherein the means for disabling an operation of the vehicle comprises at least one of means for disabling an exerting forces to restore the active vehicle seat to an equilibrium position and means for disabling an exerting of forces to minimize the acceleration experienced by the active vehicle seat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.