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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2018
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Arjun Yetukuri, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Karl Henn, New Hudson, MI (US);
Mark R. Keyser, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Mladen Humer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mark Sparschu, Birmingham, MI (US);
LEAR CORPORATION, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat controller is provided to control a front seat assembly and a rear seat assembly positioned directly behind of the front seat assembly. The vehicle seat controller programmed to receive a first input indicating whether the rear seat assembly is occupied and receive a second input indicating a position of the front seat assembly. The vehicle seat controller is programmed to provide a signal to an actuator to move the front seat assembly forward if the first input indicates the rear seat is occupied and the second input indicates the position exceeds a rearward travel threshold.