Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Seats with body modifications
Patent
1999-03-09
2000-09-19
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Seats with body modifications
296 651, 248550, B60N 202
Patent
active
061200824
ABSTRACT:
The vehicle seat suspension system of the present invention provides an active seat suspension system responsive to conditions indicative of a collision or rollover for moving the seat downwardly to the limit of its vertical travel. The seat assembly comprises the seat, an active suspension system for maintaining an equilibrium position of the seat, sensors responsive to accident conditions for generating accident indication signals, and a seat positioning signal generator responsive to the accident indication signals for providing a seat relocation signal, where the active suspension system being responsive to the seat relocation signal for moving the seat to a retracted location.
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Calfa Jeffrey P.
Navistar International Transportation Corp.
Pape Joseph D.
Patel Kiran
Sullivan Dennis Kelly
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