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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Armorworks Holdings, Inc., Chandler, AZ (US);
Ken-An Lou, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Richard E. Zimmermann, Tempe, AZ (US);
Ernest J Racette, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Armorworks Holdings, Inc., Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for a self adjusting energy attenuating vehicle seating system configured to automatically compensate for variations in the weight of seated occupants. A seat is mounted in a vehicle and configured to stroke in a downward direction, generally toward a floor of the vehicle, with an adjustable energy attenuating device disposed in a load path between the seat and a rigid structural portion of the vehicle. A signal processor removes variations in a seat weight signal attributable to vehicle or occupant motion, and outputs an energy attenuator adjustment signal corresponding to the weight of a seated occupant. The system may further include an actuator configured to receive the energy attenuator adjustment signal and adjust a load setting feature of the energy attenuating device accordingly.