Motor vehicle having an electric seat adjuster for a seat and method of using the same
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1. Motor vehicle comprising:
- an electric seat adjuster for a seat, andan occupant protection system comprising a belt assigned to the seat, which belt, in a buckled condition, restrains an occupant in an event of a vehicle impact,wherein, an adjusting range of the seat adjuster, which adjusting range limits an extent of adjustment of the position of said vehicle seat by said occupant, is limited to a narrow adjusting range if the belt is not buckled and is limited to a wider adjusting range if the belt is buckled.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle has an electric seat adjuster for a seat and an occupant protection system with a belt assigned to the seat. In the buckled condition, the belt restrains an occupant in the event of a vehicle impact. The adjusting range of the seat adjuster changed as a function of the buckling condition of the belt. In preferred arrangements, the adjusting range is limited to a narrow adjusting range if the belt is not buckled and is limited to a wide adjusting range if the belt is buckled.
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25 Claims
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1. Motor vehicle comprising:
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an electric seat adjuster for a seat, and an occupant protection system comprising a belt assigned to the seat, which belt, in a buckled condition, restrains an occupant in an event of a vehicle impact, wherein, an adjusting range of the seat adjuster, which adjusting range limits an extent of adjustment of the position of said vehicle seat by said occupant, is limited to a narrow adjusting range if the belt is not buckled and is limited to a wider adjusting range if the belt is buckled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
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a vehicle seat; a seat belt assigned to the seat and operable in a buckled condition to restrain a seat occupant during a vehicle impact event; a seat adjuster for adjusting the position of said vehicle seat; and a seat adjuster controller operable by a seat occupant to control adjustment of the vehicle seat by said seat adjuster; wherein an adjusting range, which limits an extent of possible adjustment of said vehicle seat by said seat occupant, is varied as a function of whether the seat belt is buckled or unbuckled. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of operating a vehicle seat assembly comprising:
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a vehicle seat; a seat belt assigned to the seat an operable in a buckled condition to restrain a seat occupant during a vehicle impact event; a seat adjuster for adjusting the position of said seat; and a seat adjuster controller operable by an occupant of said vehicle seat to control adjustment of the vehicle seat by said seat adjuster;
whereinan adjusting range, which limits an extent of possible adjustment of said vehicle seat by said seat occupant, is varied as a function of whether the seat belt is buckled or unbuckled; and said method including automatically changing the adjusting range from a wider to a narrower adjusting range whenever the belt is changed from a buckled state to an unbuckled state.
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