Patent ID: 11951879
Assignee: FAURECIA SIèGES D'AUTOMOBILE
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A method for controlling a seating system for a vehicle, comprising, from the front to the rear of the vehicle:
a first seat of a first row,
a second seat of a second row, and
a third seat in a third row, the first seat, second seat, and third seat being located one behind the other in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the second seat being provided with a mechanism configured to cause, at least in an easy entry mode, the transition of the second seat from a position of use configured to receive an occupant, to an advanced position of non-use configured to facilitate lateral access to the third seat of the third row, under the action of a motor controlled by a control device, and
wherein the second seat carries an object, such as a child seat, resting on the seating portion or even against the backrest of the seat, and
wherein, upon receiving a command to transition the second seat from the position of use to the advanced position of non-use, the method performed by a microcontroller of the control device, the method comprises:
a. moving the second seat from the position of use toward the advanced position of non-use, and moving the first seat from a current position to a position advanced towards the front of the vehicle,
b. limiting the amplitude of the kinematics of the mechanism of the second seat by stopping the motor of the second seat upon the control device detecting a squeezing representative of an indirect contact between the first seat and the second seat via a squeezing of the object, in an advanced intermediate position of non-use of the second seat configured to facilitate access to the third seat.