Motor vehicle having an electric seat adjuster for a seat and method of using the same
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1. Motor vehicle comprising:
- an electric seat adjuster for a seat, and an occupant protection system comprising a belt assigned to the seat, which belt, in a buckled condition, restrains an occupant in an event of a vehicle impact, wherein, as a function of the buckling condition of the belt, an adjusting range of the seat adjuster is limited to a narrow adjusting range if the belt is not buckled and is limited to a wider adjusting range if the belt is buckled.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle has an electric seat adjuster for a seat and an occupant protection system with a belt assigned to the seat. In the buckled condition, the belt restrains an occupant in the event of a vehicle impact. The adjusting range of the seat adjuster changed as a function of the buckling condition of the belt. In preferred arrangements, the adjusting range is limited to a narrow adjusting range if the belt is not buckled and is limited to a wide adjusting range if the belt is buckled.
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1. Motor vehicle comprising:
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an electric seat adjuster for a seat, and an occupant protection system comprising a belt assigned to the seat, which belt, in a buckled condition, restrains an occupant in an event of a vehicle impact, wherein, as a function of the buckling condition of the belt, an adjusting range of the seat adjuster is limited to a narrow adjusting range if the belt is not buckled and is limited to a wider adjusting range if the belt is buckled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
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a vehicle seat, a seat belt assigned to the seat and operable in a buckled condition to restrain a seat occupant during a vehicle impact event, a seat adjuster, and a seat adjuster controller operable to control an adjusting range of the seat adjuster as a function of whether the seat belt is buckled or unbuckled. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of operating a vehicle seat assembly comprising:
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a vehicle seat, a seat belt assigned to the seat an operable in a buckled condition to restrain a seat occupant during a vehicle impact event, a seat adjuster, and a seat adjuster controller operable to control an adjusting range of the seat adjuster as a function of whether the seat belt is buckled or unbuckled, said method including automatically changing the adjusting range from a wider to a narrower adjusting range whenever the belt is unbuckled.
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