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Seat control apparatus for vehicle
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Inventors: Saitoh, Masatsugu;
Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. (Ayase, JP)
Primary Examiner: Chin; Gary
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Foley & Lardner, Schwartz, Jeffery, Schwaab, Mack, Blumenthal & Evans
A seat control apparatus for adjusting a seat mounted on a vehicle by moving various parts constituting the seat comprises a switch provided on the vehicle for detecting whether a door positioned adjacent to the seat is opened or closed and a controller for producing control signals in dependence on the output of the switch. When an opened state of the door is detected, control for rotating the seat is allowed. Upon detection of the closed state of the door, the control for rotating the seat is inhibited. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In light of the state of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide a seat control apparatus for preventing a seat from being rotated under certain conditions such as the closed state of a door positioned adjacent to the seat regardless of inadvertent manipulation of an associated switch.
In view of the object mentioned above, there is provided according to an aspect of the present invention a seat control apparatus for a vehicle which comprises an opened/closed door state detecting switch for detecting an opened or closed state of a door, a controller for allowing a seat to be rotated or inhibiting the seat from rotation on the basis of a result of the detection of the opened/closed door state detecting switch, a first actuating member for causing the seat to be rotated in accordance with a seat rotation control signal produced by the controller, and second actuating members for allowing other seat operations exclusive of the rotation of the seat in response to a seat rotation inhibit signal produced by the controller.
With the arrangement of the seat control apparatus described above, the seat rotating operation is controlled when the opened state of door is detected by the opened/closed door state detecting switch, while seat operations other than the rotation of seat are controlled upon detection of the closed door state.
In other words, the seat rotating operation is allowed to be controlled only when door is opened as detected by the opened/closed door state detecting switch.
Thus, the movement of the seat in the undesired or unwanted direction is positively prevented even when a driver or passenger should push inadvertently the seat rotating switch in the course of operation of the vehicle, whereby the position of the motor-actuated seat can be assured.
The above and other objects, novel features and advantages of the present invention will be better understood from the following description of the preferred embodiments of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings
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