Patent ID: 8434819
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. An occupant safety system for protecting the occupant of a vehicle seat, the system comprising: an adjuster mechanism configured to provide positional adjustment of the vehicle seat, the adjuster mechanism including an upper rail coupled to the vehicle seat and a lower rail configured to move relative to the upper rail; a movable seat supporting member located under the vehicle seat, the supporting member being operatively connected to the lower rail so that the vehicle seat moves with the supporting member; and a driving member connected to the supporting member by an elongated linking member; wherein the driving member includes a movable actuator connected to the linking member; wherein the driving member is configured to drive the actuator in a rearward direction causing a corresponding substantially linear rearward movement of the linking member, wherein movement of the linking member in the rearward direction pulls the supporting member and the vehicle seat including a seat back and a seat bottom in the substantially linear rearward direction.