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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Ray Scott, Troy, MI (US);
David Kazyak, Brighton, MI (US);
Karl Henn, New Hudson, MI (US);
Jasmine Pizana, Scottville, MI (US);
Mladen Humer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Arjun Yetukuri, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for positioning a seat arrangement in a vehicle having a front seat arrangement and a rear seat arrangement includes moving the rear seat arrangement rearward relative to the vehicle when a plurality of criteria are met, including at least one criterion related to occupancy of the rear seat arrangement and at least one criterion related to a likelihood of impact into the vehicle from behind the vehicle. The rear seat arrangement is not moved rearward when at least one of the criteria is not met.