Patent ID: 8602491

Claim:
A seat for a motor vehicle, the seat having opposite first and second sides and comprising: a rigid seat structure extending substantially over an entire width of the seat from the first side to the second side and configured for receiving a seat cushion or a backrest cushion, an electric drive unit for adjusting at least one of a height, longitudinal position and inclination of at least part of the seat structure for the seat cushion or inclination of the seat structure for the backrest cushion, the electric drive unit being arranged on the first side of the seat for applying seat adjusting forces only to one location on the seat structure at the first side of the seat, first locking means disposed on the first side of the seat for locking the position of the seat structure at the first side of the seat when predetermined variables caused by kinematics of the vehicle are exceeded; and second locking means disposed on the second side of the seat for locking the position of the seat structure at the second side of the seat when predetermined variables caused by kinematics of the vehicle are exceeded, the second locking means being unconnected to the electric drive unit and the first locking means, wherein the first and second sides of the seat are adjusted in response to the seat adjusting forces applied only at the one location on the rigid seat structure at the first side of the seat.