SEAT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

• US 20090248257A1
• Filed: 02/28/2009
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Uemura, Hiroki, Okamoto, Yoshihisa, Niibe, Tadayuki, Hoshino, Yoko, Takeda, Yusaku
• Application Number:
  US12/395,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20090248257A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/49
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/02246 Electric motors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0244 with logic circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/1625 Combination of rods and slides
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/164 Linear actuator, e.g. screw mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/1821 Combination of Rods and slides
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/1853 Linear actuator, e.g. screw mechanism

Abstract

An egress-start determining device determines a start of egress of a passenger seated in a seat of a vehicle. A completion determining device determines completion of a driver'"'"'s head moving out of a door opening of the vehicle after the start of egress of the passenger. A seat-sitting-face height adjusting device adjusts a height of a sitting face of the seat in such a manner that the height is adjusted to a first height during a time from the start of egress of the passenger to the completion of the driver'"'"'s head moving out of the door opening of the vehicle, and the height is adjusted to a second height after the completion of the driver'"'"'s head moving out of the door opening of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A seat device for a vehicle, comprising:

an egress-start determining device to determine a start of egress of a passenger seated in a seat of the vehicle;

a completion determining device to determine completion of a driver'"'"'s head moving out of a door opening of the vehicle after the start of egress of the passenger; and

a seat-sitting-face height adjusting device to adjust a height of a sitting face of the seat in such a manner that the height is adjusted to a first height during a time from the start of egress of the passenger to the completion of the driver'"'"'s head moving out of the door opening of the vehicle, and the height is adjusted to a second height after the completion of the driver'"'"'s head moving out of the door opening of the vehicle.

2. The seat device for a vehicle of claim 1, further comprising a body-size detecting device to detect a body size of the passenger, wherein said first height is set based on a length of an upper half of a passenger'"'"'s body which influences a burden to the upper half of the passenger'"'"'s body and said second height is set based on a length of a lower half of the passenger'"'"'s body which influences a burden to the lower half of the passenger'"'"'s body.

3. The seat device for a vehicle of claim 2, further comprising a door-opening angle detecting device to detect an opening angle of a door, wherein at least one of said first height and second height is corrected by the opening angle of the door which is detected by the door-opening angle detecting device.

4. The seat device for a vehicle of claim 3, wherein the vehicle is a type of vehicle in which an upper edge of a door opening of a rear side door becomes shorter gradually along a rearward direction of the vehicle, said seat-sitting-face height adjusting device is applied to a rear seat which is provided beside the rear side door, and at least one of said first height and second height is corrected by the opening angle of the rear side door which is detected by the door-opening angle detecting device in such a manner that the height corrected becomes lower when the opening angle of the rear side door is relatively small.

5. The seat device for a vehicle of claim 3, wherein said seat is a rear seat of the vehicle, and said second height is greater than a tire house which is provided substantially beside the rear seat.

6. The seat device for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein said completion determining device comprises an image picking-up device which is provided at a door mirror of the vehicle.

7. The seat device for a vehicle of claim 2, wherein said body-size detecting device comprises an image picking-up device which is provided at a door mirror of the vehicle.

8. The seat device for a vehicle of claim 1, wherein said second height is greater than said first height.