Adjusting device in a motor vehicle

• US 5,924,755 A
• Filed: 03/16/1998
• Issued: 07/20/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Muller, Jens-Olaf
• Primary Examiner(s): Pape, Joseph D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, KIRAN B
• Application Number:
  US09/039,818
• Time in Patent Office: 491 Days
• Field of Search: 296/65.01, 297/410, 297/359, 297/399, 297/400
• US Class Current: 296/65.01
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0252 with relations between different adjustments, e.g. height of headrest following longitudinal position of seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0268 using sensors or detectors for adapting the seat or seat part, e.g. to the position of an occupant
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0273 taking into account user data, e.g. knee height or physical state
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/809 vertically slidable

Abstract

An adjusting device in a motor vehicle includes an adjusting drive for a head restraint and a mirror whose position is determinable. The position of the mirror is fed to control electronics, and the position of a seat may also be fed to the control electronics. The adjusting drive is driven as a function of the position of the mirror.

Claims

1. An adjusting device of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a head restraint and a mirror, the adjusting device comprising:

a mirror position detector for detecting a position of the mirror; and

an adjusting drive coupled to the mirror position detector for adjusting the head restraint as a function of the detected position of the mirror.

2. The adjusting device according to claim 1, wherein the head restraint is adjusted as a further function of a seat position of a seat of the motor vehicle.

3. The adjusting device according to claim 1, wherein the mirror is an outside mirror of the motor vehicle.

4. The adjusting device according to claim 1, further comprising control electronics for driving the adjusting drive.

5. The adjusting device according to claim 4, further comprising a bus system for feeding the detected position of the mirror to the control electronics.

6. The adjusting device according to claim 5, wherein the bus system also feeds a seat position of a seat of the motor vehicle to the control electronics, the control electronics driving the adjusting drive as a function of the position of the mirror and of the seat position of the seat.