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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Barney J Bauer, Fenton, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318286 ; 318466 ; 180273 ; 2807281 ; 248550 ;
Abstract
An apparatus (20) controls the position of an occupant (32) in a vehicle passenger compartment by sensing physical characteristics of the occupant such as weight, height, girth, and leg length. A controller (36) controls seat motors (92, 94, 96) to move the occupant (32) to a position based on the sensed physical characteristics of the occupant. The occupant (32) can override the system using override controls (98). The controller (36) also adjusts the performance of an occupant restraint (22) in response to a selected occupant position.