Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatically adjusting vehicle seat back supports of vehicle seat assemblies
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Application No.: US15185148Application Date: 2016-06-17
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Publication No.: US10023075B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Sergei I. Gage
- Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: B60N2/02
- IPC: B60N2/02 ; B60N2/00 ; B60N2/22

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a vehicle seat comprising a seat base structure and a seat back structure pivotally connected to the seat base structure. The seat back structure includes a central adjustable region, an inboard side adjustable region adjacent the central adjustable region and a outboard side adjustable region located adjacent the central adjustable region. The seat back structure includes a central proximity sensor located at the central adjustable region, an inboard side proximity sensor located at the inboard side adjustable region and an outboard side proximity sensor located at the outboard side adjustable region. A seat back structure adjustment apparatus includes a central region adjustable member that adjusts a configuration of the central adjustable region, an inboard side adjustable member that adjusts a configuration of the inboard side adjustable region and an outboard side adjustable member that adjusts a configuration of the outboard adjustable region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170361733A1 AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING VEHICLE SEAT BACK SUPPORTS OF VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLIES Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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