Patent ID: 6746071
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: B60N,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A theft prevention device for vehicles employing a powered seat system to automatically control the position of a vehicle seat movably situated on parallel guide rails to enable the seat to move forwardly or rearwardly, wherein the vehicle seat includes a seat member and a lumber support member and a lumbar support member, which move relative to one another, the theft prevention device comprising:a security module integrated with the powered seat system, the security module being programmed to instruct the powered seat system to move the vehicle seat between an original position and a forward security position with the seat member and lumbar support member moved forward to prevent a thief from accessing a passenger compartment of the vehicle; and a gearing mechanism linking the seat member and the lumbar support member for controlled forward movement of the seat member and the lumbar support member to the forward security position flush with a forward most position within the passenger compartment of the vehicle, wherein the gearing mechanism includes a lumbar gear with teeth over an arc distance sufficient to facilitate full forward rotation of the lumbar support member to the forward security position flush with the forward most position within the passenger compartment of the vehicle; wherein selective actuation of the security module causes the security module to instruct the powered seat system to move the seat member forward along the guide rails and rotate the lumbar support member fully forward from its original position to the forward security position flush with the forward most position within the passenger compartment of the vehicle and causes the security module to instruct the powered seat system to move the seat member and lumbar support member back to their original positions.