Patent ID: 9682737
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B60N,B62J

Claim:
1. A vehicle including a seating assembly for an occupant to be seated thereon and a tilting mechanism tilting said seating assembly, the vehicle comprising: a controller configured to control said tilting mechanism, and wherein said tilting mechanism serves as a mechanism for tilting a seating surface of said seating assembly, and said controller carries out a first control process for tilting said seating surface such that said seating assembly has a rear portion lifted upwardly on a basis of acceleration of said vehicle and a second control process for tilting said seating surface such that said seating assembly has a front portion lifted upwardly on a basis of deceleration of said vehicle, and wherein said controller decides that the vehicle is ready to start when a clutch of the vehicle cuts off power transmission and a transmission of the vehicle is in other than a neutral position when a vehicle speed of the vehicle is zero, and carries out the first control process for tilting said seating surface such that said seating assembly has the rear portion lifted upwardly when said controller decides that the vehicle is ready to start, and carries out a third control process for returning said seating surface into a position in which said seating surface lies flatwise horizontally when said controller decides that the vehicle is not ready to start.