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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2005
H. Winston Maue, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Scott Robert Gauss, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Naoko Kawahara, Yawata, JP;
Craig Gerald Goodman, Lansing, MI (US);
Daryl Gerard Petricca, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jonathan Lloyd Wenc, Hancock, MI (US);
Daniel Drew, Glenview, IL (US);
Jeremy R. Geiger, Harbor Beach, MI (US);
Michael Paul Thielen, Baroda, MI (US);
Lukman Efendy, West Sumatra, ID;
Keith Parrott, Otter Lake, MI (US);
H. Winston Maue, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Scott Robert Gauss, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Naoko Kawahara, Yawata, JP;
Craig Gerald Goodman, Lansing, MI (US);
Daryl Gerard Petricca, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jonathan Lloyd Wenc, Hancock, MI (US);
Daniel Drew, Glenview, IL (US);
Jeremy R. Geiger, Harbor Beach, MI (US);
Michael Paul Thielen, Baroda, MI (US);
Lukman Efendy, West Sumatra, ID;
Keith Parrott, Otter Lake, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A non-contact seat position system is provided. The system includes a lower seat track, an upper seat track, a target and a sensor. The upper seat track is positionably connected to the lower seat track, whereby the upper seat track may be positioned into a desirable location. The target is connected either to the lower seat track or the upper seat track, and the sensor is connected to the other of the lower seat track and the upper seat track. The sensor has a line of sight with the target, wherein the sensor when powered, outputs a sensor signal determined from a reflected signal coming from the target. In a first embodiment of the system, the sensor is an infrared sensor. In a second embodiment of the system the sensor is an optical sensor. A method of non-contact seat position system determination is also provided.