Patent ID: 6460934
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
An electric adjusting device for a front seat of a motor vehicle, with which the front seat can be displaced at least in the longitudinal direction by means of an electric motor, comprising:a control unit which can be set, by a seat-back switch which is actuable by folding the seat back forwards, into an entry-assisting operating mode in which the front seat is displaced forwards into an entry position, a release lever being provided on the seat back, which is used, in a release position, to release the seat back mechanically and enable it to fold forwards, a changeover switch having at least one forwards-displacement position V and a neutral position N, wherein the changeover switch is coupled to the release lever in such a manner that the release lever is in the release position, the changeover switch is located in the forwards-displacement position V, and wherein the control unit can be additionally activated by the changeover switch and wherein not only the seat-back switch has to be actuated, by folding the seat back forwards, but also the changeover switch has to be located in the forwards-displacement position V, in order to displace the front seat into the entry position by means of the electric motor.