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Cockpit of an automotive vehicle with a steering wheel and an adjustable seat

  • US 20050043877A1
  • Filed: 09/01/2004
  • Published: 02/24/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A driver'"'"'s compartment (cockpit) of an automotive vehicle with a steering wheel, with an underbody, with a seat, said seat comprising an underframe connected to said underbody, a seat pan carried by the underframe, a seat back and an adjusting device for adjusting the seat toward the steering wheel and away therefrom, a control circuit being associated with said adjusting device, characterized in that there is provided an input means characterized in that there is provided an input means permitting to selectively bring the control circuit from the normally locked state into an activated state, the adjusting device of the seat being adjustable in the activated state only, that sensors are provided, which sensors are connected to the control circuit and are arranged on the steering wheel, at least one first sensor of these sensors being responsive to a first force exerted in the direction leading away from the seat toward the steering wheel and at least one second sensor of these sensors being responsive to a second force exerted onto the steering wheel in the direction opposite to said first force, said the first sensor controlling an adjusting backward movement of the adjusting device which backward movement is a movement away from the steering wheel and said second sensor controlling an adjusting forward movement of the adjusting device which forward movement is a movement towards the steering wheel.

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