Patent ID: 7552000

Claim:
A passenger compartment (cockpit) of an automotive vehicle comprising a steering wheel, an underbody, and a seat, said seat comprising an underframe connected to said underbody, a seat pan carried by the underframe, a seat back, a first adjusting device for adjusting the seat toward the steering wheel and away therefrom, a control circuit associated with said first adjusting device, an input means permitting to selectively bring the control circuit from a normally locked state into an activated state, wherein the first adjusting device of the seat is adjustable only in the activated state, sensors located on the ring of the steering wheel and connected to the control circuit, at least one first sensor of these sensors being responsive to a first force exerted in the direction leading away from the seat toward the steering wheel and at least one second sensor of these sensors being responsive to a second force exerted onto the steering wheel in the direction opposite to said first force, said first sensor controlling an adjusting backward movement of the adjusting device which backward movement is a movement away from the steering wheel and said second sensor controlling an adjusting forward movement of the adjusting device which forward movement is a movement towards the steering wheel.