LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER FOR A VEHICLE SEAT
First Claim
1. A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat, the longitudinal adjuster comprising:
- a first seat rail fixed to vehicle structure and arranged on a vehicle floor;
a second seat rail fixed to the seat and displaceable in relation to the first seat rail and guided in same;
a position detection means with a sensor having a magnet and a Hall element, wherein;
the sensor is arranged in the interior of the second seat rail fixed to the seat;
the sensor is aligned in a direction of a flat area of the first rail, extending along the longitudinal direction of the rails or is aligned in the direction of a flat area assigned to the first rail, extending along a longitudinal direction of the rails;
one end of the flat area corresponds to the end of the rail and the flat area forms a detection area;
the sensor detects an end of the detection area, the sensor having a certain detection range and an area of uncertainty, the distance between the sensor and the detection area lies within the certain detection range of the sensor; and
the distance between the sensor and the vehicle floor lies outside of the certain detection range including the area of uncertainty of the sensor.
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Abstract
A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat (3) has a first seat rail (5) fixed to the vehicle structure and arranged on a vehicle floor (10) and a second seat rail (8) fixed to the seat and displaceable in relation to the first seat rail (5) and guided in same. A position detection device (20) is provided with a sensor (24), having a magnet and a Hall element. The sensor (24) is arranged in the interior of the second seat rail (8) and aligned with a flat area associated with the first seat rail (5) in which one end of the flat area corresponds to the end of the rail and the flat area forms a detection area. The sensor (24) is used to detect an end of the detection area. The sensor (24) has a certain detection range and the distance between the sensor (24) and the detection area lies within the certain detection range of the sensor (24). The distance between the sensor (24) and the vehicle floor (10) lies outside of the certain detection range of the sensor (24).
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16 Claims
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1. A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat, the longitudinal adjuster comprising:
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a first seat rail fixed to vehicle structure and arranged on a vehicle floor; a second seat rail fixed to the seat and displaceable in relation to the first seat rail and guided in same; a position detection means with a sensor having a magnet and a Hall element, wherein; the sensor is arranged in the interior of the second seat rail fixed to the seat; the sensor is aligned in a direction of a flat area of the first rail, extending along the longitudinal direction of the rails or is aligned in the direction of a flat area assigned to the first rail, extending along a longitudinal direction of the rails; one end of the flat area corresponds to the end of the rail and the flat area forms a detection area; the sensor detects an end of the detection area, the sensor having a certain detection range and an area of uncertainty, the distance between the sensor and the detection area lies within the certain detection range of the sensor; and the distance between the sensor and the vehicle floor lies outside of the certain detection range including the area of uncertainty of the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat, the longitudinal adjuster comprising:
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a first seat rail fixed to the vehicle structure and arranged relative to a vehicle floor; a second seat rail fixed to the seat and displaceable in relation to the first seat rail and guided in the first seat rail; at least one position detection means with a sensor having a magnet and a Hall element, wherein; the sensor is arranged in the interior of the second seat rail fixed to the seat; the sensor is aligned in the direction of a flat area of the first rail, extending along the longitudinal direction of the rails or is aligned in the direction of a flat area assigned to the first rail, extending along the longitudinal direction of the rails; one end of the flat area corresponds to the end of the rail; the flat area forms a detection area, and the sensor detects an end of the detection area; the sensor has a certain detection range; the distance between the sensor and the detection area lies within the certain detection range of the sensor; and the distance between sensor and vehicle floor lies outside of the certain detection range of the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A motor vehicle seat comprising a seat part and a longitudinal adjuster, the longitudinal adjuster comprising:
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a first seat rail fixed to vehicle structure and arranged relative to a vehicle floor, the first seat rail having a flat area or being associated with a flat area, wherein one end of the flat area corresponds to the end of the rail and the flat area forms a detection area; a second seat rail fixed to the seat part and displaceable in relation to the first seat rail and guided in same; a position detection means with a sensor having a magnet and a Hall element, the sensor being arranged in the interior of the second seat rail, the sensor being aligned in a direction of the flat area and detecting an end of the detection area, the sensor having a certain detection range, the distance between the sensor and the detection area being within the certain detection range of the sensor, and the distance between sensor and vehicle floor being outside of the certain detection range. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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