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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2018
Applicant:

Clearmotion Acquisition I Llc, Woburn, MA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Preston Parker, Westborough, MA (US);

Lawrence D. Knox, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Travis Lee Hein, Holliston, MA (US);

Steven N. Brown, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Brian Alexander Selden, Concord, MA (US);

Assignee:

ClearMotion Acquisition LLC, Billerica, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/39 (2006.01); B60N 2/38 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/39 (2013.01); B60N 2/38 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0212 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0216 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract

A seat system for a vehicle includes a seat having a seat bottom on which a person can sit. An intermediate support structure is secured to the seat and the vehicle which allows the seat to rotate relative to the vehicle. An actuator can interact with the seat to cause the seat to rotate relative to the vehicle. One or more sensors can each measure an aspect of motion. A processor can (i) receive input from each of the one or more sensors, (ii) determine from this input a measure of rotation of the vehicle away from a nominal, level horizontal orientation, and (iii) utilize the input to determine a desired rotation of the seat. An angle that the seat has been rotated away from a nominal, level orientation is more than insubstantially larger than an angle that the vehicle has rotated away from a nominal, level horizontal orientation.


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