A vehicle seat assembly including a vehicle seat mounted on a spring suspension system, the seat assembly having a safe mode into which it can be placed when the seat is unoccupied to avoid damage to the spring suspension system due to forces generated within the suspension system of an unoccupied seat. The seat assembly is configured to be placed in communication with a control system of an associated vehicle in which it is mounted and to invoke the safe mode in dependence on the vehicle being placed in a predetermined operating mode of the vehicle which is indicative that the seat will be unoccupied.
VEHICLE SUSPENDED SEATS
2023-06-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet |