Vehicle Safety Seat
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Abstract
A vehicle safety seat may comprise, among other things, a vehicle seat having a seat base configured to be mounted to a support surface of a motor vehicle, and a roll sensor mounted to the seat base. The vehicle seat may be a suspension seat. The vehicle seat may have other sensors, event detection systems or the like mounted thereto. The vehicle seat may include a number of vehicle/occupant safety mechanisms integral therewith.
37 Citations
149 Claims
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1-129. -129. (canceled)
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130. A vehicle safety seat comprising:
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a vehicle seat mounted within a motor vehicle, a restraint harness configured to restrain movement of an occupant of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle seat, a restraint harness actuator connected to the restraint harness, a collision alert system configured to produce a collision alert signal indicative of an impending collision with an object, and a first decision-making circuit responsive to the collision alert signal to control the restraint harness actuator to move the restraint harness in a manner that provides the occupant with a tactile indicator of the impending collision with the object. - View Dependent Claims (131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145)
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146. A vehicle safety seat comprising:
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a seat base mounted within a motor vehicle, a vehicle seat mounted to a seat base, a restraint harness actuator mounted to the seat base, the restraint harness actuator including a first actuator arm coupled to a first restraint harness mount, a restraint harness secured to the first restraint harness mount and configured to restrain movement of an occupant of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle seat, a collision alert system configured to produce a collision alert signal indicative of an impending collision, and a first decision-making circuit responsive to the collision alert signal to control the restraint harness actuator in a manner that causes the first actuator arm to tighten the restraint harness about the occupant. - View Dependent Claims (147, 148)
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149. A method of alerting an occupant of a vehicle seat mounted within a motor vehicle to an impending collision, the method comprising:
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determining whether a collision of the motor vehicle with an object is likely to occur, and moving a restraint harness coupled to the vehicle seat in a manner that provides the occupant with a tactile indicator of an impending collision with the object if collision of the motor vehicle with the object is likely to occur.
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Specification