Seat carrier arrangement
First Claim
1. A vehicle seat carrier for a seat of a vehicle, said vehicle seat carrier adapted to be displaced between a plurality of different positions, said vehicle seat carrier comprising a position lock adapted to retain said vehicle seat carrier at a selected position, and a mechanism adapted to operate said vehicle seat carrier between said plurality of different positions responsive to a user issued command, wherein said position lock is adapted to be disabled responsive to a detected crash, or a detected imminent crash, so that said vehicle seat carrier is permitted to be displaced along a first path to provide for a passenger protective function, and wherein said mechanism is an electrical motor comprising a rotatable driving shaft and a shaft brake, wherein said position lock comprises said electrical motor, and wherein said position lock is disabled by disengaging said shaft brake.
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Abstract
A vehicle seat carrier for a vehicle seat comprises a position adjustment arrangement adapted to enable the vehicle seat carrier to be displaced between a plurality of different positions and a position lock adapted to retain the vehicle seat carrier at a selected position. The position lock is adapted to be disabled as a response to a detected crash, or a detected imminent crash, so that the vehicle seat carrier is permitted to be displaced along a first path at least partly defined by the position adjustment arrangement, to provide for a passenger protective function. The passenger protective function utilizes the existing position adjustment arrangement to provide for a controlled displacement during a collision.
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- 1. A vehicle seat carrier for a seat of a vehicle, said vehicle seat carrier adapted to be displaced between a plurality of different positions, said vehicle seat carrier comprising a position lock adapted to retain said vehicle seat carrier at a selected position, and a mechanism adapted to operate said vehicle seat carrier between said plurality of different positions responsive to a user issued command, wherein said position lock is adapted to be disabled responsive to a detected crash, or a detected imminent crash, so that said vehicle seat carrier is permitted to be displaced along a first path to provide for a passenger protective function, and wherein said mechanism is an electrical motor comprising a rotatable driving shaft and a shaft brake, wherein said position lock comprises said electrical motor, and wherein said position lock is disabled by disengaging said shaft brake.
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10. A vehicle seat carrier for a seat of a vehicle, said vehicle seat carrier adapted to be displaced between a plurality of different positions, said vehicle seat carrier comprising a position lock adapted to retain said vehicle seat carrier at a selected position, and a mechanism adapted to operate said vehicle seat carrier between said plurality of different positions responsive to a user issued command, wherein said position lock is adapted to be disabled responsive to a detected crash, or a detected imminent crash, so that said vehicle seat carrier is permitted to be displaced along a first path to provide for a passenger protective function, wherein said mechanism is an electrical motor comprising a rotatable driving shaft and a drive, wherein said position lock comprises said electrical motor, wherein said position lock is disabled by disengaging said rotatable driving shaft from said drive, and wherein said rotatable driving shaft is substantially freely rotatable when disengaged from said drive.
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11. A vehicle seat carrier for a seat of a vehicle, said vehicle seat carrier adapted to be displaced between a plurality of different positions, said vehicle seat carrier comprising a position lock adapted to retain said vehicle seat carrier at a selected position, and a mechanism adapted to operate said vehicle seat carrier between said plurality of different positions responsive to a user issued command, wherein said position lock is adapted to be disabled responsive to a detected crash, or a detected imminent crash, so that said vehicle seat carrier is permitted to be displaced along a first path to provide for a passenger protective function, wherein said mechanism is an electrical motor comprising a rotatable driving shaft, wherein said rotatable driving shaft is adapted to cooperate with said vehicle seat carrier at a working point or section, wherein disengagement of said working point or section from said vehicle seat carrier disables said position lock.
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