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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2022
Autoliv Development Ab, Vargarda, SE;
Martin Ostling, Bramhult, SE;
Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda, SE;
Abstract
A method for occupant protection in a vehicle, a vehicle occupant protection system, a vehicle and a computer readable medium. The vehicle comprising at least one seat for accommodating an occupant, wherein the seat is slidably connected with the vehicle by a connection mechanism, and wherein the seat is lockable in a defined seating position by a locking mechanism, to prevent sliding in the connection mechanism when locked and to allow sliding when unlocked, the method comprising determining an imminent or ongoing vehicle crash; determining a seating position; upon the determination of the seat being an in a rearward seating position and the occurrence of an imminent or ongoing vehicle crash; unlocking the locking mechanism to allow the sliding of the seat from the rearward seating position towards a conventional driving seating position.