Method for adapting body support of a passenger seated in a vehicle seat in terms of vehicle movements dynamics and corresponding vehicle seat

US6873892B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Egon Katz · Nagold, DE
• Klaus-Peter Kuhn · Schorndorf, DE
• Juergen Schrader · Holzgerlingen, DE
• Wolfram Schroeder · Wildberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 4, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 29, 2005
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2220/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for dynamic adaptation of the support, in particular the lateral support, of a person seated on a vehicle seat includes using an adaptation system, which is integrated in the vehicle seat, to determine the adaptation taking into account the current vehicle velocity. In order to compensate for the inherent inertia of the adaptation system, prediction of the adaptation is performed from stored data over the current road course, onto which data the current vehicle data are projected. The adaptation system is actuated taking into account the adaptation time inherent in the system in such a way that, when the event requiring the adaptation occurs, preferably when a bend is traveled through, at least one adaptation presetting is achieved.