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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2007
Gaurav Gupta, Guildford, GB;
Raza Malik, San Jose, CA (US);
Amedeo Visconti, Turin, IT;
Roland Khayat, Broad Meadows, AU;
Antonio Calvosa, Milan, IT;
Paolo Gatto, Laval, CA;
Gaurav Gupta, Guildford, GB;
Raza Malik, San Jose, CA (US);
Amedeo Visconti, Turin, IT;
Roland Khayat, Broad Meadows, AU;
Antonio Calvosa, Milan, IT;
Paolo Gatto, Laval, CA;
Ferrari S.p.A., Modena, IT;
Abstract
An embodiment of a sports vehicle seat. The seat has lateral restraints for laterally retaining an occupant of the seat, and an actuating device for adapting the shape and/or size of the lateral restraints as a function of vehicle driving mode. Each lateral restraint incorporates at least one shape-memory member, which changes shape when subjected to physical external stress. And the actuating device subjects each shape-memory member to physical external stress to change the shape of the shape-memory member.