Patent ID: 6369529
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A power seating system for a conventional land operated motor vehicle seat assembly, the system comprising:selector means for generating one or more command signals configured to adjust a position of a conventional land operated motor vehicle seat throughout its range of motion; said selector means comprising a plurality of user-actuated switches located within, and mounted on, the conventional land operated motor vehicle's door assembly away from said seat assembly; a transmitter, co-located with said selector means, having an input for receiving said command signals from said selector means, and an output for transmitting electromagnetic radiation signals corresponding to said command signals; a receiver disposed in said seat assembly for receiving said electromagnetic radiation signals and reproducing said command signals; a controller disposed in said seat assembly comprised of a multi-channel processor, configured to generate one or more control signals in accordance with said reproduced command signals; a seat function circuit including a seat position adjusting circuit, said adjusting circuit being configured to adjust the position of said seat in accordance with said control signals by use of a plurality of electric motors, each motor having respective forward and reverse directions; said adjustment of said seat including at least adjustment of the seat forward and backward, and up and down, in relation to the occupant compartment of the conventional land operated motor vehicle, adjustment of the lumbar portion of said seat and activation of a seat heater of said seat.