465 results about "Power seat" patented technology

A base for receiving a seat has a longitudinally extending chassis having a front end, a rear end, a central portion positioned therebetween and opposed sides extending longitudinally between the front and rear ends; at least one drive wheel mounted below the central portion; a plurality of rotatably mounted wheels positioned around the chassis and mounted at a fixed distance below the chassis; and a biasing member associated with the at least one drive wheel to bias the at least one drive wheel to engage the surface on which the base is situated and reduce the weight supported by the rotatably mounted wheels whereby the rotatably mounted wheels support sufficient weight of the base and the unoccupied seat to define a stable platform.

An adjustment mechanism is disclosed for moving a movable member relative to a fixed member. A threaded screw is fixedly secured to the fixed member. A gear is rotatably disposed about the threaded screw. A housing includes a bore and an opening in a lower surface. A rotatably driven worm is disposed within the bore and includes a threaded outer surface that protrudes through the opening in the lower surface of the housing and threadably engages the gear. A generally U-shaped retainer strap partially surrounds the gear and is adapted to couple the housing and gear together to align and preload the worm and gear. A generally U-shaped bracket is adapted to be fixedly secured to the movable member, wherein the gear, housing, worm, and retainer strap are disposed within the bracket and the threaded screw passes through a pair of openings in the bracket.

A power seat system for a vehicle, includes an operational switch configured to be operated by an occupant for changing positions and attitudes of a vehicle seat whose positions and attitudes are electrically adjusted, a sensor portion positioned in the vicinity of the operational switch and detecting a hand of the occupant approaching the operational switch without contacting the hand of the occupant, and a control portion changing the positions and attitudes of the vehicle seat by actuating an actuator on the basis of an output from the operational switch, the control portion configured to display an operational display indicating adjusting portions and directions of the vehicle seat, which is adjustable by means of the operational switch on the basis of the output from the sensor portion, at an display device provided in a vehicle.

A power seating system includes a selector, a transmitter, a receiver, a controller and a seat function circuit. The selector has a plurality of user-actuated switches configured to generate one or more command signals for adjusting a position of a vehicle seat throughout its range of motion. The selector is disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle away from a seat assembly having the receiver, controller, and seat function circuit. The transmitter has an input for receiving the command signals and an output for transmitting electromagnetic radiation signals corresponding to the command signals. The receiver receives the generated electromagnetic radiation signals and reproduces the command signals. The controller generates control signals according to the reproduced command signals. The seat function circuit includes an adjusting circuit arranged to adjust the position of the seat according to the control signals. Wireless remote control eliminates the need for a wiring harness connecting the selector with the seat assembly.

A power folding seat for installation within a vehicle includes a seat cushion mountable to the vehicle, a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat cushion, and a power actuator disposed within the seat back for automatically rotating the seat back between an upright position and a folded position. The power actuator includes a power seat recliner, a latch assembly, a power head restraint adjuster, and a control system coupled to the power seat recliner, the latch assembly, and the power head restraint adjuster. The control system includes a signal receiver which is configured to receive commands from a remote transmitter, and a data processor coupled to the signal receiver. The data processor controls the power seat recliner, the power latch actuator and the power head restraint adjuster, and is configured to move the seat back between the upright position and the folded position in accordance with the received remote commands.

A controller for selectively adjusting a power seat includes a seat adjuster including a base panel, a stepped panel extending laterally from a surface of the base panel, selector areas inclined with respect to and extending between the base panel and the stepped panel and along at least a portion of a periphery of the stepped panel. Multiple spaced depressions are formed on an outer surface of the selector areas. A contactless sensor is secured to an inner surface of the selector areas at each a depression, each sensor selectively producing a signal representing a seat adjustment function.

A power seat slide apparatus includes: a housing fixedly mounted on the first rail and possessing a reverse U-shaped cross section projecting upwardly with an upper wall, which forms an upper surface of the reverse U-shaped cross section, and first and second sidewalls, which forms side surfaces of the reverse U-shaped cross section. The housing further includes a notch defined by a first notch end surface of the upper wall and a second notch end surface of the first and second sidewalls. A nut member is fitted into the notch of the housing, supported inside the housing, and is held tight in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by the first notch end surface and the second notch end surface. A screw shaft is freely rotatably supported by the second rail and is engaged with the nut member.

A system comprises a vehicle seating system including a seat and at least one powered seat adjustment actuator for altering the seating position formed by the seat. Additionally, the system includes a controller for receiving at least one signal based on at least one vehicle/user event. For reducing fatigue, the controller controls slow seat movement while the vehicle is moving, and changes slow movement between first and second slow movements based on the vehicle/user event(s).

The invention discloses an intelligent adjustable electric seat of an automobile, and aims to provide an intelligent adjustable electric seat having the advantages of convenience for use and high humanization, intelligence and automation degree. The intelligent adjustable electric seat comprises a translation motor, an angle adjusting motor, a backrest pressure sensor, a cushion forward movement pressure sensor, a cushion backward movement pressure sensor, a controller and a timer, wherein a cushion locker is arranged on a seat cushion; a backrest locker is arranged on a seat backrest; the translation motor is connected with a forward translation relay and a backward translation relay; the angle adjusting motor is connected with a forward rotation relay and a backward rotation relay; and the controller is respectively connected with the cushion locker, the backrest locker, the timer, the backrest pressure sensor, the cushion forward movement pressure sensor, the cushion backward movement pressure sensor, the control end of the backward translation relay, the control end of the forward translation relay, the control end of the backward rotation relay and the control end of the forward rotation relay.

The invention discloses a wabbler mechanism of an electric seat, comprising an upper base and a lower base. The lower base is provided with two lifting mechanisms and a supporting mechanism, wherein the bottom end of the supporting mechanism is fixedly connected to the center of the upper surface of the lower base; the top end of the supporting mechanism is connected with the lower surface of the upper base through a universal joint cross; the bottom end of the lifting mechanism is connected with the upper surface of the lower base through a joint ball bearing; the top end of the lifting mechanism is connected with the lower surface of the upper base through the universal joint cross; and the lifting mechanism is driven by a servo motor. The wabbler mechanism of the electric seat drives the lifting mechanism to do telescopic linear motion by mainly using the servo motor, is simultaneously matched with the universal joint cross and the joint ball bearing structure to achieve the wabbling function of the mechanism around the intermediate supporting mechanism, and overcomes the defects that a dynamic seat adopting oil and pneumatic force sources has serious pollution, no environment-friendly function and large occupied area.

The invention discloses a single-motor-driven unlocking overturning and folding mechanism and application thereof. The single-motor-driven unlocking overturning and folding mechanism comprises a driving motor and an unlocking overturning and folding mechanism body. After the single-motor-driven unlocking overturning and folding mechanism is applied to a power seat, on the one hand, an angle adjusting device is driven to be unlocked; and on the other hand, a seat backrest is driven to be overturned, folded and unfolded. According to the single-motor-driven unlocking overturning and folding mechanism, through one motor and one set of mechanism, folding and unfolding of the backrest of the single-motor-driven unlocking overturning and folding mechanism are achieved, one-button-type adjustment is achieved through an intelligent adjusting control device, the structure is simple, neat and ingenious, the material using amount is reduced, the cost is reduced, and the boundary dimension of the mechanism is reduced.

A power seat slide apparatus includes a lower rail, an upper rail supported by the lower rail and having a pair of walls, a lead screw member rotatably supported by the upper rail, a lead screw nut member provided at the lower rail and threadedly engaged with the lead screw member, an output rotation member provided at the upper rail and connected to the lead screw member, a gearbox rotatably supporting the output rotation member, a drive unit transmitting a rotational drive force to the lead screw member via the output rotation member, and a pair of cut-and-bent-away portions, each cut-and-bent-away portion being formed on each of the walls of the upper rail and being arranged at positions to face the lead screw nut member and to contact the lead screw nut member at stroke ends of the upper rail in a front-rear direction thereof.

An electrically operated seat slide apparatus includes a lower rail fixed to a floor of a vehicle body, and an upper rail slidably disposed to the lower rail. A seat is connected to the upper rail. A screw shaft is disposed inside the upper rail. A nut is threadedly connected to the screw shaft and connected to the lower rail. A motor is disposed to side of the upper rail. A gear box is fixed to the upper rail to transmit a rotation of the motor to the screw shaft. Additionally, first and second plates are provided for allowing an impact load applied to the upper rail to be directly transmitted to the screw shaft so as to prevent the impact load from being transmitted through the gear box to the screw shaft, and for setting a moving range of the nut.

A detection device for the noise and current of automobile electric seat includes the automobile seat loading test table, sport controller, sensor and signal processor. The automobile seat loading test table and sensors are set in the isolation booth; the sport controller and signal processor are set in the controlling ark out of the isolation booth. The system can fix the automobile seat automatically and load the simulating human load, controls each electric engine run and detect the noise and electric engine current to judge if it meets the request and print the product test table. The character of invention is high automatization, standardization and accuracy measurement. The whole detection process is finished automatically; the each test load is identical with the action journey and accord with the detection condition. It detects the current and noise precisely and remove the artificial subjective factors to meet the request of quality management.

A vehicle power seat slide device includes a first rail fixed to a vehicle, a second rail fixed to a seat and slidably supported by the first rail, a nut member fixed to the first rail by means of a bracket, a screw shaft rotatably supported by the second rail and screwed into the nut member, a driving mechanism supported by the second rail for driving the screw shaft so as to rotate, the screw shaft being rotated by the driving mechanism relative to the nut member, the second rail being moved so as to slide relative to the first rail by means of the shaft screwing into the nut member, the nut member including a protruding portion fitted into a fitting hole, which is formed on the first rail, the nut member being supported by the bracket, and the bracket fixed to the first rail together with the nut member.

A telescoping seatbelt buckle design that improves seatbelt buckle accessibility and comfort by telescopingly adjusting the length of the seatbelt buckle assembly to maintain an optimal relationship between the seatbelt buckle position and the vehicle seat cushion position, wherein the telescoping seatbelt buckle assembly is adapted to maintain the optimal position of the seatbelt buckle relative to the vehicle seat cushion over a full range of seat height and seat track travels. Particularly, on a power seat, the telescoping seatbelt buckle assembly adjustment occurs passively as a vehicle occupant moves or adjusts the vehicle seat height or tilt using the seat controller switches, as the telescoping seatbelt buckle assembly is coupled to a motor used to adjust the vehicle seat position.