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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Hiroki Satta, Ichinomiya, JP;
Hidemitsu Higashi, Kariya, JP;
Masaya Mizuguchi, Chiryu, JP;
Hideharu Kato, Toyota, JP;
Tomonori Suzuki, Seto, JP;
Hiroki Satta, Ichinomiya, JP;
Hidemitsu Higashi, Kariya, JP;
Masaya Mizuguchi, Chiryu, JP;
Hideharu Kato, Toyota, JP;
Tomonori Suzuki, Seto, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A seat apparatus includes a seat cushion on which an operator is seated, a seatback for supporting the operator seated on the seat cushion, a seat drive device changing a position of the seat cushion and the seatback between a seating position and a storage position by operating the seat cushion and the seatback, and a control unit for controlling the seat drive device, the control unit controlling the seat drive device in a way that an operation starting time of the seat cushion does not coincide with an operation starting time of the seatback and an operating time of the seat cushion overlaps temporally an operating time of the seatback when the seat cushion and the seatback are moved between the seating position and the storage position such that an interference of the seat cushion and the seatback is restricted.