Seat Sliding Device for Vehicles

• US 20090152890A1
• Filed: 11/26/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: KO, Hyun
• Application Number:
  US12/324,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20090152890A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/65.180
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0244 with logic circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/06 slidable B60N2/12 , B60N2/2209 take precedence

Abstract

A seat sliding device for vehicles may include a door switch unit turned on or off in response to opening or closing of a vehicle door, a seat drive unit for causing a vehicle seat to slide rearwards when the vehicle door is opened and thus the door switch unit is turned on, a seat movement switch unit for providing a forward or rear drive signal to the seat drive unit so that the seat slides forwards or rearwards, and a control relay unit for preventing the forward drive signal from being transmitted from the seat movement switch unit to the seat drive unit by interrupting transmission of the forward drive signal when the vehicle door is in an open state.

Claims

1. A seat sliding device for a vehicle, comprising:

a door switch unit turned on or off in response to opening or closing of a vehicle door;

a seat drive unit for causing a vehicle seat to slide rearwards when the vehicle door is opened and thus the door switch unit is turned on;

a seat movement switch unit for providing a forward or rear drive signal to the seat drive unit so that the seat slides forwards or rearwards; and

a control relay unit for preventing the forward drive signal from being transmitted from the seat movement switch unit to the seat drive unit by interrupting transmission of the forward drive signal when the vehicle door is in an open state.

2. The seat sliding device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control relay unit interrupts the transmission of the forward drive signal to the seat drive unit by causing a switch of the control relay unit to be turned off using induced current, which is generated according to signal of the seat drive unit.

3. The seat sliding device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a limit switch unit for interrupting transmission of the forward drive signal or the rear drive signal of the seat movement switch unit to the seat drive unit while the vehicle door is opened.

4. The seat sliding device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the seat drive unit is driven by a bidirectional rotary motor.

5. The seat sliding device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the vehicle door is a rear door of the vehicle.

6. The seat sliding device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the vehicle seat is a front seat.

7. A passenger vehicle comprising the seat sliding device as set forth in claim 1.