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Control apparatus and method for electric vehicles

  • US 5,690,186 A
  • Filed: 09/17/1996
  • Issued: 11/25/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A seat detecting apparatus for verifying that a driver of an electric vehicle has occupied a seat of the electric vehicle, the seat detecting apparatus comprising:

  • a seat lock engagement unit installed on the seat;

    seat lock members engaged to said seat lock engagement unit for holding the seat in a closed state,said seat lock members displaceable in a closing direction of the seat when the seat is not occupied by the driver, displacement of said seat lock members being detectable through said seat lock engagement unit when the driver occupies the seat.

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