Cockpit of an automotive vehicle with a steering wheel and an adjustable seat
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1. A driver'"'"'s compartment of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a seat;
an adjustable steering wheel comprising at least one adjusting device for adjustment thereof;
a control circuit that is connected to said adjusting device;
an input means permitting to selectively bring the control circuit from a normally locked state into an activated state, the adjusting device being adjustable in the activated state only;
sensors which are connected to the control circuit are disposed on the steering wheel, said sensors comprising;
a) at least one first sensor being responsive to a first force exerted in a direction leading away from the seat toward the steering wheel and at least one second sensor being responsive to a second force exerted onto the steering wheel in a direction opposite to said first force wherein the first sensor controls an adjusting backward movement of the adjusting device of the steering wheel which is thus moved forward and accordingly away from the seat and wherein the second sensor controls an adjusting backward movement of the adjusting device which is thus moved toward the seat, and/or b) at least one third sensor responsive to a third force that causes the steering wheel to tilt about a horizontal axis wherein said third sensor controls an adjusting movement of the adjusting device of the steering wheel about the horizontal axis.
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Abstract
A driver'"'"'s compartment of an automotive vehicle including a steering wheel, an underbody, a seat, the seat having an underframe connected to the 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.
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13 Claims
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1. A driver'"'"'s compartment of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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a seat;
an adjustable steering wheel comprising at least one adjusting device for adjustment thereof;
a control circuit that is connected to said adjusting device;
an input means permitting to selectively bring the control circuit from a normally locked state into an activated state, the adjusting device being adjustable in the activated state only;
sensors which are connected to the control circuit are disposed on the steering wheel, said sensors comprising;
a) at least one first sensor being responsive to a first force exerted in a direction leading away from the seat toward the steering wheel and at least one second sensor being responsive to a second force exerted onto the steering wheel in a direction opposite to said first force wherein the first sensor controls an adjusting backward movement of the adjusting device of the steering wheel which is thus moved forward and accordingly away from the seat and wherein the second sensor controls an adjusting backward movement of the adjusting device which is thus moved toward the seat, and/or b) at least one third sensor responsive to a third force that causes the steering wheel to tilt about a horizontal axis wherein said third sensor controls an adjusting movement of the adjusting device of the steering wheel about the horizontal axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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