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Seat system for a vehicle

  • US 9,783,086 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2017
  • Issued: 10/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A seat system for a vehicle, comprising:

  • an active suspension system for isolating a suspended plant from vibration applied to a base of the active suspension when the active suspension base is affixed to a vehicle, the active suspension system constructed and arranged to isolate the suspended plant from vibration in a first degree of freedom selected from the group consisting of;

    vehicle roll and vehicle pitch, and;

    a seat affixed to the suspended plant, wherein the active suspension system comprises;

    an actuator for outputting force to affect the suspended plant in the first degree of freedom,sensors to sense motion of the suspended plant in the first degree of freedom,a controller for providing a command to the actuator to cause it to output force to affect motion of the suspended plant, wherein the combined motion of the vehicle relative to the earth in the first degree of freedom with the motion of the suspended plant relative to the vehicle results in a motion of the suspended plant which pivots about a virtual pivot point having a height, and;

    a user operable control constructed and arranged to allow the user to adjust the height of the virtual pivot point.

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