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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Atieva, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Dore Rawlinson, Worcestershire, GB;
Daniel Jefferson Muir, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
ATIEVA, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/14 (2006.01); B60N 2/005 (2006.01); B60N 2/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/0244 (2013.01); B60N 2/005 (2013.01); B60N 2/0228 (2013.01); B60N 2/0232 (2013.01); B60N 2/0248 (2013.01); B60N 2/0252 (2013.01); B60N 2/06 (2013.01); B60N 2/062 (2013.01); B60N 2/07 (2013.01); B60N 2/0742 (2013.01); B60N 2/14 (2013.01); B60N 2002/022 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0208 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0216 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0256 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0268 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of positioning a vehicle seat is provided in which the vehicle seat is configured to allow movement laterally (i.e., side-to-side), fore-aft (i.e., forwards-backwards), and rotationally. In addition to allowing a user to select a particular seat position, the method monitors an internal vehicle door handle and automatically moves the seat from its current position to a preset position whenever the door handle is activated (e.g., touched).