Manual Seat Adjustment Innovation
This is a system for the manual repositioning of vehicle seats. Vehicle seats are designed to be adjusted by the user to obtain both comfort and safety, maintaining in the meantime a good sight of the outer environment and accessibility by the driver to the means for steering and controlling the vehicle.
The main adjustments, both for the driver and the passenger, are the seat optimal position mainly in the longitudinal direction, as well as in the height direction concerning the chassis of the vehicle, and in adjusting the reclination of the seatback.
Particularly relevant for the driver, both for having an optimal sight line and for correct access to the pedals and the steering devices. The use of a vehicle by different people, for example in a family, or company car, compels the driver to reposition very frequently the seat adjustments before starting to drive, all times up to find the optimal position.
The feature of this invention is as follows:
- Provide a vehicle seat and a relative system of manual repositioning configured to enable a user to adjust quickly and easily the stroke of the seat concerning a preferred adjustment position.
- Provide such a seat and system that have reduced complexity concerning the known systems.
- Provide such a seat and system that are easy installation and use, also on seats already made or on vehicles already in circulation.
- Provide such a seat and system that allow a user to adjust quickly and easily the height of the seat concerning a preferred height position.
- Provide such a seat and system that allow a user to adjust quickly and easily the reclination of the seatback concerning a preferred reclination position.
- Provide such a seat and system that allow a user to adjust quickly and easily the stroke, and/or the height of the seat, and/or the reclination of the seatback concerning positions of stroke.
Possible positioning of the laser sensor and the receiver object on the seat to measure the distance. The laser sensor is positioned on the chassis and the receiver object is positioned on the mobile guide. The laser sensor emits a laser beam that intercepts the receiver object providing distance measurements. The principles of laser measurement that can be used are a time of flight, compensation photodetector circuit, and triangulation.
Possible positioning of the laser sensor and the receiver object which is a part of the seat itself (more efficient and economical solution). The laser sensor is positioned at the end or the beginning of the fixed guide. The laser sensor emits a laser beam that intercepts a part of the seat itself providing distance measurement.
User X memorizes his position thanks to a control unit that whittles at least one memory element. The laser sensor measures the position. The control unit compares the current position with the stored one and notifies the user X when the current position coincides with the memorized position. These thanks are to a control unit that includes at least one notification element. The notification signal can be visual (LED Display), sound (beep), vibrotactile, or a combination of them.
Abstract: A system for manual repositioning a vehicle seat, of the type having a rail and a slide, is configured to move on the rail. The system comprises at one slide sensor integral to the slide and a second sensor portion integral to the rail. The slide sensor is configured to measure the distance between the first and the second sensor portion at any of the plurality of positions of the slide on the rail. A control unit is provided connected logically to at least one among the first and second sensor portion of the slide sensor and configured to receive by the slide sensor to distance signal proportional to one of the plurality of positions. A memory element can be provided.
System For Manual Repositioning of a Vehicle Seat
Invention was developed considering a lack in car seats with manual adjustment, which means economic or mid-range cars. We noticed the difficulty to find the best adjustment of both the driver’s and the passenger’s seats again, whenever these were used by another person. In case of high-end cars, the problem has been solved through expensive automatic seats, but no vehicle manufacturer has introduced an alternative technology for seats with manual adjustment so far.
This invention enables to install on this kind of seats, with very limited cost, a system to readjust the seat in accordance with any car user’s choice, with regard to distance from the steering wheel/dashboard, height and grade of the seatback.
Video clearly shows idea of patent application works in a real situation – https://ufile.io/c4g1h.
Inventors want to stress the fact that our idea can be very cheaply implemented, without altering the normal seat structure.
Possible positioning of the laser sensor and the receiver object on the seat. The laser sensor positioned on the platform and the receiver object positioned on the mobile guide. The laser sensor emits a laser beam that intercepts the receiver object providing distance measurement.
Possible positioning of the laser sensor and the receiver object which is a part of the seat itself (more efficient and economical solution). The laser sensor positioned at the end or at the beginning of the fixed guide. The laser sensor emits a laser beam that intercepts a part of the seat itself providing distance measurement.
The user X memorizes his position thanks to a control unit which includes at least one memory element. The laser sensor measures the position. The control unit compares the current position with the stored one and notifies the user X when the current position coincides with the memorized position.
This thanks to a control unit that includes at least one notification element. The notification signal can be visual (led o display), sound (beep) , vibrotactile or combination of them.
For more information contact the inventers and their patented application design as below:
Matteo Formichella matteo.formichella95@gmail.com and Francesco Del Vecchio cescos95@hotmail.it.
