Vehicle seat having a seat face element and adjustable backrest element
First Claim
1. In a vehicle seat having a seat face element with a pressure-sensitive seat occupation sensor system, and a backrest element which can be adjusted between a backrest function and a lowered position resting on the seat face element, an improvement comprising,a backrest position sensor system is provided which detects whether the backrest element assumes the lowered position and outputs a lowered position information item.
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Abstract
Vehicle seat having a seat face element and adjustable backrest element. A vehicle seat having a seat face element with a pressure-sensitive seat occupation sensor system, and having a backrest element which can be adjusted between a backrest function position and a lowered position resting on the seat face element. A backrest position sensor system is provided which detects whether the backrest element assumes the lowered position, and in this case outputs a lowered position information item.
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14 Claims
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1. In a vehicle seat having a seat face element with a pressure-sensitive seat occupation sensor system, and a backrest element which can be adjusted between a backrest function and a lowered position resting on the seat face element, an improvement comprising,
a backrest position sensor system is provided which detects whether the backrest element assumes the lowered position and outputs a lowered position information item.
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6. A vehicle seat, comprising:
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a seat face element, a backrest element which is adjustable between a backrest function position and a lowered position resting on the seat face element, and a backrest position sensor system which detects the backrest element in the lowered position and outputs a lowered position information signal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of making a vehicle seat assembly, comprising;
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providing a seat face element of a vehicle seat with a pressure-sensitive seat occupation sensor system, arranging a backrest element in relation to the seat face element so that the backrest element is operatively adjustable between a backrest function position and a lowered position resting on the seat face element, and arranging a backrest position sensor system to operatively detect the backrest element in the lowered position and output a lowered position information item. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method of operating a vehicle occupant restraining system which is assigned to a vehicle seat having a seat face element and a backrest element which is adjustable between a backrest function position and a lowered position resting on the seat face element, comprising;
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adjusting the backrest element into the lowered position resting on the seat face element, detecting the backrest element in the lowered position by way of a backrest position sensor system, outputting a lowered position information item by way of the backrest position sensor system, maintaining the vehicle occupant restraining system deactivated upon the vehicle occupant restraining system receiving the lowered position information item.
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