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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Richard Edward Ruthinowski, Taylor, MI (US);
Edward Joseph DeSmet, Canton, MI (US);
Brian Robert Spahn, Plymouth, MI (US);
William Jerome Olsen, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Ferretti, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A self-adjusting seat stiffness system that uses a tension member and tensioning device to maintain or increase tension in a seat component during a perceived vehicle dynamic event. The system may use an inertial latching spool for the tensioning device as an example of a way to maintain tension at a target acceleration of the spool by locking up the tension member, or may have a controller to control the tensioning member to provide variable tensions depending on varying perceived vehicle parameters. The tensioning of the tension member helps to avoid submarining of an occupant under a seatbelt due to unacceptable seat compression during a vehicle dynamic event.