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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:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2022
Applicant:

Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshito Hirata, Aki-gun, JP;

Tomonori Ohtsubo, Aki-gun, JP;

Hiroki Uemura, Aki-gun, JP;

Kengo Iwata, Aki-gun, JP;

Masato Maeda, Aki-gun, JP;

Hiroaki Matsuda, Aki-gun, JP;

Masahito Kashihara, Aki-gun, JP;

Chieko Nakagami, Aki-gun, JP;

Assignee:

MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60N 2/04 (2006.01); B62D 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60N 2/04 (2013.01); B62D 1/18 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01); B60W 2540/221 (2020.02);
Abstract

An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination may be made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a height changer which changes a height of a steering wheel, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a steering wheel controlleras one example of a height controller which controls the height changer such that the height of the steering wheel becomes lower as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer may be higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.


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