Vehicle seat slide device

• US 20070024096A1
• Filed: 07/21/2006
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Morio
• Granted Patent: US 7,445,282 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/216.120
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/888 with arrangements for protecting against abnormal g-forces, e.g. by displacement of the head-rest

Abstract

A vehicle seat device includes a headrest rear portion and a headrest front portion provided at a first vehicle, the headrest rear portion supported at a seat back, the headrest front portion moved between a fully closed position and a fully opened position, a driving portion driving the headrest front portion so as to move between the fully closed position and the fully opened position, an impact detecting portion detecting an impact applied to the first vehicle or detecting that an impact will be applied to the first vehicle and outputting a detected signal, a control portion controlling the driving portion to move the headrest front portion, a memory portion memorizing vehicle information including the detected signal, the memory portion memorizing information related to an actuating status of the headrest front portion and an occurrence of an actual vehicle collision at a predetermined timing.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat device comprising:

a headrest provided at a first vehicle and including a headrest rear portion and a headrest front portion;

the headrest rear portion supported at a seat back of the first vehicle;

the headrest front portion moved between a fully closed position at which the headrest front portion is located closer to the headrest rear portion and a fully opened position at which the headrest front portion is located distanced from the headrest rear portion;

a driving portion driving the headrest front portion so as to move between the fully closed position and the fully opened position;

an impact detecting portion detecting an impact applied to the first vehicle or detecting that an impact will be applied to the first vehicle and outputting a detected signal on the basis of the detected result;

a control portion controlling the driving portion on the basis of the detected signal outputted by the impact detecting portion so as to move the headrest front portion toward the fully opened position when the impact is applied to the first vehicle from the rear thereof or before the impact is applied to the first vehicle from the rear thereof;

a memory portion memorizing vehicle information related to traveling of the first vehicle;

the vehicle information including the detected signal outputted by the impact detecting portion;

the memory portion memorizing information related to an actuating status of the headrest front portion and an occurrence of an actual vehicle collision in a manner where the control portion controls the memory portion to memorize the vehicle information in the memory portion at a predetermined timing.

2. The vehicle seat device according to claim 1, wherein the control portion is connected to an external device in order to output information related to a relationship between the actuating status of the headrest front portion and the occurrence of the actual vehicle collision on the basis of the vehicle information memorized in the memory portion.

3. The vehicle seat device according to claim 1, wherein the control portion controls the memory portion to memorize the vehicle information when a control signal is outputted in order to drive the driving portion.

4. The vehicle seat device according to claim 1, wherein the control portion controls the memory portion to memorize the vehicle information on the basis of the detected signal outputted by the impact detecting portion.

5. The vehicle seat device according to claim 1, wherein the control portion controls the memory portion to memorize the vehicle information at predetermined time intervals.

6. The vehicle seat device according to claim 1, wherein the control portion controls the memory portion to memorize the vehicle information during a time period before and after the predetermined timing at which the vehicle information is memorized in the memory portion.

7. The vehicle seat device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle information includes a vehicle speed, a braking status and information related to an existence of a second vehicle that travels so as to follow the first vehicle and approaches the first vehicle.

8. The vehicle seat device according to claim 1, wherein the memory portion includes a nonvolatile memory that is detachable to and from the control portion.

9. The vehicle seat device according to claim 2, wherein the external device is used at one of a car dealer or a repair shop.

10. The vehicle seat device according to claim 7, wherein the vehicle information includes one of a vehicle speed, a braking status or information related to an existence of a second vehicle that travels so as to follow the first vehicle and approaches the first vehicle, and the control portion controls the memory portion to memorize the vehicle information on the basis of the detected signal outputted by the impact detecting portion.