Adjustable vehicle seat
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1. A vehicle seat motion system comprising:
- a vehicle seat including a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom, the vehicle seat being adapted to extend upwardly away from a vehicle floor to a plurality of vertical positions, the vehicle seat being adapted to slide back and forth along the vehicle floor to a plurality of longitudinal locations,a remote interface unit,a sensor unit coupled to the vehicle seat to sense an arrangement of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor,an actuator unit coupled to the vehicle seat to cause the vehicle seat to move vertically toward or away from the vehicle floor and longitudinally along the vehicle floor, anda controller configured to provide means for causing the actuator unit to move the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor in response to receipt of a signal from the remote interface unit and to cause the vehicle seat to assume a predetermined vertical position relative to the vehicle floor which corresponds to a longitudinal location of the vehicle seat sensed by the sensor unit so that passenger safety and comfort is maximized,wherein the remote interface unit displays a curve illustrating a fit approximation for the vehicle seat.
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom. The vehicle seat further includes a seat-bottom foundation arranged to interconnect the seat bottom and seat back to translate back and forth relative to a vehicle floor.
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1. A vehicle seat motion system comprising:
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a vehicle seat including a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom, the vehicle seat being adapted to extend upwardly away from a vehicle floor to a plurality of vertical positions, the vehicle seat being adapted to slide back and forth along the vehicle floor to a plurality of longitudinal locations, a remote interface unit, a sensor unit coupled to the vehicle seat to sense an arrangement of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor, an actuator unit coupled to the vehicle seat to cause the vehicle seat to move vertically toward or away from the vehicle floor and longitudinally along the vehicle floor, and a controller configured to provide means for causing the actuator unit to move the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor in response to receipt of a signal from the remote interface unit and to cause the vehicle seat to assume a predetermined vertical position relative to the vehicle floor which corresponds to a longitudinal location of the vehicle seat sensed by the sensor unit so that passenger safety and comfort is maximized, wherein the remote interface unit displays a curve illustrating a fit approximation for the vehicle seat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A vehicle seat motion system comprising:
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a vehicle seat including a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom, the vehicle seat being adapted to extend upwardly away from a vehicle floor to a plurality of vertical positions, the vehicle seat being adapted to slide back and forth along the vehicle floor to a plurality of longitudinal locations, a remote interface unit, a sensor unit coupled to the vehicle seat to sense an arrangement of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor, an actuator unit comprising a longitudinal actuator coupled to the vehicle seat and adapted to vary a longitudinal position of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor, an angular actuator coupled to the seat back and adapted to vary an angular position of the seat back relative to the seat bottom, and a seat-height actuator coupled to the vehicle seat and adapted to vary a vertical position of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor, and a controller configured to provide means for causing the actuator unit to move the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor in response to receipt of a signal from the remote interface unit and to cause the vehicle seat to assume a predetermined vertical position relative to the vehicle floor which corresponds to a longitudinal location of the vehicle seat sensed by the sensor unit so that passenger safety and comfort is maximized wherein the sensor unit is coupled to the controller and configured to sense the longitudinal position of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor, the vertical position of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor, and the angular position of the seat back relative to the seat bottom, and wherein the remote interface unit displays a curve illustrating a fit approximation for the vehicle seat.
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14. A vehicle seat motion system comprising:
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a vehicle seat including a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom, the vehicle seat being adapted to extend upwardly away from a vehicle floor to a plurality of vertical positions, the vehicle seat being adapted to slide back and forth along the vehicle floor to a plurality of longitudinal locations, a remote interface unit, a sensor unit coupled to the vehicle seat to sense an arrangement of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor, an actuator unit coupled to the vehicle seat to cause the vehicle seat to move vertically toward or away from the vehicle floor and longitudinally along the vehicle floor, wherein the actuator unit includes a longitudinal lock unit configured to block selectively movement of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor along a longitudinal path at any position along the longitudinal path, and a controller configured to provide means for causing the actuator unit to move the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor in response to receipt of a signal from the remote interface unit and to cause the vehicle seat to assume a predetermined vertical position relative to the vehicle floor which corresponds to a longitudinal location of the vehicle seat sensed by the sensor unit so that passenger safety and comfort is maximized. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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