METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A PASSENGER SEAT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20100152977A1
• Filed: 10/06/2009
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Jungert, Dieter, Gilbert, Tassilo
• Granted Patent: US 8,260,506 B2
• 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 2/0252 with relations between different adjustments, e.g. height of headrest following longitudinal position of seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0268 using sensors or detectors for adapting the seat or seat part, e.g. to the position of an occupant
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0272 using sensors or detectors for detecting the position of seat parts

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for adjusting a passenger seat (2) in a motor vehicle, in particular in an open two-seater. The method includes verifying whether the passenger seat (2) is occupied and adjusting the passenger seat, according to one or more settings of the driver seat (1) selected by the driver of the motor vehicle if a verification result determines that the passenger seat is not occupied.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting a passenger seat in a motor vehicle comprising:

verifying whether the passenger seat is occupied,

adjusting the passenger seat according to one or more settings of the driver seat selected by the driver of the motor vehicle, in the event of a verification result that the passenger seat is not occupied.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the settings of the driver seat selected by the driver comprise at least one of a seat height setting, a seat inclination setting, a backrest inclination setting, a head restraint height setting and a longitudinal seat position.

3. The method of claim 2, the verification whether the passenger seat is occupied taking place by a device incorporated in the passenger seat for detecting the occupation of the passenger seat or by a camera.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the passenger seat is adjusted automatically in the event of a verification result that the passenger seat is not occupied.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the passenger seat is adjusted according to a memory function of the driver seat in the event of a verification result that the passenger seat is not occupied.