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SEATING ARRANGEMENTS IN A VEHICLE

  • US 20190023161A1
  • Filed: 07/21/2017
  • Published: 01/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A seating system in a vehicle, comprising:

  • a floor featuring an electromagnetic array configured to output a magnetic field having a first polarity;

    a chair including a base adjacent to the floor, the base featuring one or more magnets configured to have a shared second polarity that is opposite the first polarity;

    a processor operatively connected to the electromagnetic array; and

    memory operatively connected to the processor, the memory storing;

    an array control module including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to i) determine where to direct a wave in the magnetic field to impart a force on the chair in a determined direction, and ii) generate one or more control signals for the electromagnetic array to produce a wave in the magnetic field that moves across the electromagnetic array in the determined direction and thereby imparts the force on the chair via the one or more magnets in the determined direction.

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