Volvo Car Corporation

Andreas Zinn

Douglas Hall Frasher

Kolita Mendis

Ichiro Sugioka

John Downs

Stefan Berge

Robert Johnston

Lotta Jakobsson

Thomas Broberg

Larry Abele

Maria Hansson

Christian Guse

Björn Wessman

Rob Johnston

Lawrence Abele

Example embodiments presented herein are directed toward a seat assembly, and corresponding method, for seat retraction in a vehicle during an autonomous driving mode. Seat refraction is provided by detecting a user initiated input for the retraction. Thereafter, a front seat is refracted such that an occupant of the front seat is out of reach of at least one driving control input device, for example, a steering wheel, pedals or a gear shift, during an autonomous driving mode. Such seat retraction prevents the occupant from providing inadvertent driving inputs to the driving control input devices during the autonomous driving mode.

System and method for seat retraction during an autonomous driving mode

The present disclosure relates to a child seat for rearward-facing use in a vehicle. It comprises a back portion and a squab portion. The back portion comprises a force-receiving assembly, located at the shoulder region, which is of a more rigid material than a main portion of the back portion, the main portion being of a light-weight material. The force-receiving assembly comprises a first portion arranged at the first side of the back portion providing an anchor point for a shoulder portion of a child safety belt arrangement. The force-receiving assembly further comprises a second portion arranged at the second side of the back portion providing an anchor point for a child seat fixation means. The disclosure further relates to a child seat arrangement, a kit of parts and a vehicle comprising the child seat.

Child seat

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Thousand Oaks, CA, United States of America

Andreas Zinn