Title:
生体機械的車両座席
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004522547
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A vehicle seat includes posture enhancing systems to increase occupant comfort. In addition to pelvis support, the seat includes a pivotable thorax and a height adjustment therefor, having a range of adjustment of about 100 mm to accommodate different female and male occupants having different skeletal lengths. The correct positioning of the second pivot point is designed to provide a lumbar curvature which simulates that of a standing occupant. In its most simple form, the seat includes a pelvis support, a thorax pivot mechanism to allow forward movement of the thorax area and reclining of the shoulders and a linear actuator mechanism to allow accurate positioning of this pivot mechanism for the skeletal height for the occupant.
Inventors:
Ekhan, David F.
By Dale, Srinivas Earl.
Flannelly, John Jay.
By Dale, Srinivas Earl.
Flannelly, John Jay.
Application Number:
JP2002573259A
Publication Date:
July 29, 2004
Filing Date:
March 14, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Johnson Controls Technology Company
International Classes:
A47C7/46; B60N2/22; B60N2/23; B60N2/66; (IPC1-7): A47C7/46
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hidekazu Miyoshi
Yasuo Miyoshi
Yasuo Miyoshi