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Rotary device for front seats of a motor vehicle

  • US 5,000,505 A
  • Filed: 09/11/1989
  • Issued: 03/19/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for controlling rotation of front seats of a motor vehicle including a driver seat capable of rotation between an ordinary forwardly facing position and a rearwardly facing position by the operation of a first rotation release lever and a front passenger seat capable of rotation between an ordinary forwardly facing position and a rearwardly facing position by the operation of a second rotation release lever, said device comprising:

  • a first detection switch to be operatively associated with the driver seat for detecting the position of the driver seat and for generating an electrical signal representative thereof;

    a second detection switch to be operatively associated with the passenger seat for detecting the position of the passenger seat and for generating an electrical signal representative thereof;

    first rotation control means associated with the driver seat for preventing or permitting the operation of the first rotation release lever;

    second rotation control means associated with the passenger seat for preventing or permitting the operation of the second rotation release lever; and

    control means receiving said signals from said first and said second detection switches for electrically controlling said first and said second rotation control means so as to prevent a condition such that the driver seat is in the ordinary forwardly facing position but the passenger seat is in the rearwardly facing position.

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