Central Electronic Control Unit For A Vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US20230135176A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17432181

    申请日:2020-02-19

    摘要: A central electronic control unit (ECU, Ref. 14) is provided for controlling at least one bi-directional direct current (DC) motor (106) attached to a first vehicle seat and at least one electronic device attached to a second vehicle seat. The central ECU includes a micro-controller configured to receive feedback on a positional status of the bi-directional DC motor from a Hall Effect sensor (130). The micro-controller is configured to receive input instructions for the bi-directional DC motor and the electronic device. The micro-controller creates command instructions based in part on the received feedback and received input instructions. The central ECU selectively provides pulse width modulated (PWM) power to the bi-directional DC motor attached to the first vehicle seat and selectively provides power to the electronic device attached to the second vehicle seat in response to the command instructions from the micro-controller.

    Occupant protection apparatus
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11634050B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17377945

    申请日:2021-07-16

    IPC分类号: B60N2/427 B60N2/02 B60N2/42

    摘要: An occupant protection apparatus includes a driver. The driver includes a drive unit, a support shaft, a movable seat pan supported by the support shaft such that the movable seat pan is inclinable in a front-rear direction, a guide groove, a movement pin that is movable along the guide groove, a link that couples the movable seat pan to the movement pin, and an energy absorber. The guide groove includes a first guide groove portion in which the movement pin moves when the movable seat pan is inclined rearward and a second guide groove portion in which the movement pin moves when the movable seat pan is inclined forward. The energy absorber is configured to absorb at least part of a forward load from an occupant when the movement pin moves in the second guide groove portion.

    CONTROL CIRCUIT, CHILD SAFETY SEAT, AND SEAT ADJUSTMENT METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230119709A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17965797

    申请日:2022-10-14

    发明人: Tao WANG Manqun CHENG

    IPC分类号: B60N2/28 B60N2/02 B60R21/015

    摘要: A control circuit according to the application is suitable for controlling an tilt angle of a carrier, wherein the control circuit includes: a sensor module, sensing a current angle of the carrier with a horizontal plane; a drive module, driving and adjusting the tilt angle of the carrier; and a control module, electrically connected to the sensor module and the drive module to output a control signal based on the current angle of the carrier with the horizontal plane, so as to dynamically adjust the tilt angle of the carrier. The application also provides a child safety seat and a method for adjusting the tilt angle between the seat and the base of the child safety seat.

    Seat frame for vehicle seat
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11628754B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US17571581

    申请日:2022-01-10

    申请人: TS TECH CO., LTD.

    发明人: Masayuki Hoshi

    摘要: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.

    Seat module for cable arrangement

    公开(公告)号:US11618392B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US17580063

    申请日:2022-01-20

    IPC分类号: B60R16/037 B60R16/02 B60N2/02

    摘要: A seat module adapted to be attached to a seat having component for seat actuation in a motor vehicle includes at least one operating cable, and a module plate formed with a mounting feature for attaching to the seat and a retention feature for retaining at least one operating cable. Further, the operating cable is retained in the module plate in a pre-assembled state where the operating cable is retained by the module plate in a stowed condition, and the operating cable is released from the stowed condition and connected to the components of the seat in an assembled state where the module plate retaining the operating cable is attached to the seat.

    Custom controlled seating surface technologies

    公开(公告)号:US11617451B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US17531421

    申请日:2021-11-19

    摘要: A system of controlling various actuators associated with human support surfaces is disclosed. Such a system is made up of a support surface, a controller, and an actuator. The system may optionally include batteries, a means of charging the batteries, and a graphical user interface as well as a communication link between the graphical user interface and the support surfaces. The actuators are capable of altering contour and/or firmness, of a support surface, they may be vibrational or heating/cooling in nature, and they may also alter the overall relative position of a support surface to another support surface, and/or to the ground plane.

    Cable driven sliding center console

    公开(公告)号:US11613213B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US16656264

    申请日:2019-10-17

    发明人: James Elsarelli

    摘要: Center console provided with a fixed rail, extending in a longitudinal direction, a translatable member, a gearbox assembly and first and second cables. The translatable member may be coupled to the fixed rail and configured to move between a first position and a second position. The gearbox assembly may include a cable drum configured to rotate in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction. The first and second cables may each be coupled to the translatable member and a cable drum. As the cable drum rotates in the first rotational direction, the first cable may translate the translatable member towards the first position. As the cable drum rotates in the second rotational direction, the second cable may translate the translatable member towards the second position.

    VEHICLE SEAT
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230086757A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US17947568

    申请日:2022-09-19

    IPC分类号: B60N2/02

    摘要: Provide is a vehicle seat capable of inhibiting rattling of a seat cushion provided with a lifting device. One embodiment of the present disclosure is a vehicle seat including a lifting device for a seat cushion. The lifting device includes a pinion gear, a sector gear engaged therewith, a link rotating, together with the sector gear, with respect to the cushion frame, and a rubber member attached to the cushion frame. The link is displaced between a first position where a position of the seat cushion is lowest and a second position where the position of the seat cushion is highest. When the link is at the first position, or at the second position, or in a region between the first position and the second position, the rubber member is brought in pressure contact with the sector gear along a direction intersecting a rotational axis of the sector gear.

    Vehicle seat
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11607975B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US17725668

    申请日:2022-04-21

    申请人: TS TECH CO., LTD.

    IPC分类号: B60N2/68 B60N2/16 B60N2/02

    摘要: A vehicle seat (11) includes a seat frame (22a) having an opening (46) in a plate-shaped part (43), and an actuator (31) mounted on the plate-shaped part (43). Accordingly, it is possible to provide a vehicle seat that further contributes to quietness in the interior of a vehicle.