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System for accommodating sitting attitude of vehicle occupant

  • US 5,321,617 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1992
  • Issued: 06/14/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for accommodating a sitting attitude of vehicle occupants in accordance with a varied vehicle operating condition and vehicle attitude, comprising in combination:

  • means for sensing values of a vehicle operating condition;

    means for sensing values of a vehicle attitude;

    means for computing values of motion in a sitting attitude in correspondence with said vehicle operating condition and said vehicle attitude to determine an appropriate sitting attitude with respect to each seat in which occupants are seated, said computing means including means for calculating a controlled variable for said sitting attitude, storage means for storing a plurality of values of a corrected variable for correcting said controlled variable for said sitting attitude, selecting means for selecting an optimum value of said corrected variable from said storage means, said controlled variable being computed for said sitting attitude with respect to each seat in which occupants are seated based on said vehicle attitude and said corrected variable selected, said seats in which said occupants are seated are two seats including a driver'"'"'s seat, and said computing means determines said appropriate sitting attitude whose values differ with respect to respective seats; and

    means for adjusting said sitting attitude in accordance with said values of motion determined by said means for computing to correspond to said appropriate sitting attitude based on said vehicle operating condition and said vehicle attitude.

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