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Vehicle seat apparatus

US8078364B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateDec 19, 2008
Grant dateDec 13, 2011
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2002/022
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat apparatus includes: a vehicle seat; a swiveling drive unit that swivels the vehicle seat between the frontward-oriented position in which the vehicle seat faces the front of a vehicle and at least one of the outward-oriented position in which the vehicle seat is oriented in the outward direction of the vehicle and the inward-oriented position in which the vehicle seat is oriented in the inward direction of the vehicle; a traveling route information obtainment unit that obtains information on a traveling route along which the vehicle travels; and a control unit that controls the operation of the swiveling drive unit based on the information obtained by the traveling route information obtainment unit.

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