Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Paul J Jefferies

Vasile E Bozintan

Richard Thomas Krause

Nishide Harutomi

Ishii Yukihisa

Uno Koji

Thomas O Dobry

Harutomi Nishide

Motohiko Ozawa

Honda Hiyoyuki

Timothy J Wieber

Honda Hiroyuki

Thomas Dobry

Richard Krause

A vehicle seat power track for an automobile vehicle seat which includes a sensor arrangement to detect the seat position along the track relative to a front airbag apparatus and generate a signal to control the apparatus of the airbag. The vehicle seat power track also includes brackets configured to reduce horizontal movement of the track components.

Vehicle seat power track enhancements

A seat slide position detection device for a vehicle includes: a fixed rail attached to a vehicle floor; a movable rail supported to the fixed rail slidably in a longitudinal direction of the fixed rail; a detected portion disposed in a predetermined area of the fixed rail extending in the longitudinal direction; and a position sensor attached to the movable rail and having a sensor detector in a position of the position sensor opposed to the detected portion. The position sensor includes a protrusion attached to the movable rail with an extremity portion of the protrusion in contact with the movable rail.

Seat slide position detection device for vehicle

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Superior Township, MI, United States of America

Paul J Jefferies