Seat control system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11548410-B2
Application number	US-202017071182-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2020
Priority date	Oct 22, 2019
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a seat control system for a vehicle, which may sense whether passengers have been seated on a front seat and a rear seat, and easily implement sleep and rest postures of the front seat and the rear seat through the height adjustment, the reclining adjustment, and the like of the front seat and the rear seat according to the sensed result.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat control system for a vehicle, comprising:
a first actuator hinge-connected between a floor panel and a front bottom surface of a front seat cushion;
a second actuator hinge-connected between the floor panel and the first actuator;
a third actuator connected between a back bottom surface of the front seat cushion and the floor panel;
a first link hinge-connected between the floor panel and a front bottom surface of a rear seat cushion;
a second link hinge-connected between the floor panel and a back bottom surface of the rear seat cushion;
a fourth actuator connected to deliver rotational power to a hinge shaft of the second link; and
a control module for sensing whether passengers have been seated on a front seat and a rear seat, and driving and controlling one or more among the first to fourth actuators for a height adjustment, a reclining adjustment, or a tilting operation of one or more of the front seat and the rear seat according to the sensed result.

2. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the first actuator comprises a first cylinder body, a first piston embedded to be movable forward and backward in the first cylinder body to be hinge-fastened to the front bottom surface of the front seat cushion, a first motor mounted to the first cylinder body to provide a forward and backward driving force to the first piston, and a support link branched from a lower portion of the first cylinder body to be hinge-fastened to the floor panel.

3. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 2 ,
wherein the second actuator comprises a second cylinder body hinge-fastened to the floor panel, a second piston embedded to be movable forward and backward in the second cylinder body to be hinge-fastened to the first cylinder body of the first actuator, and a second motor mounted to the second cylinder body to provide a forward and backward driving force to the second piston.

4. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the third actuator comprises a third cylinder body hinge-fastened to the floor panel, a third piston embedded to be movable forward and backward in the third cylinder body to be hinge-fastened to the back bottom surface of the front seat cushion, and a third motor mounted to the third cylinder body to provide a forward and backward driving force to the third piston.

5. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the fourth actuator is adopted as a motor mounted to the floor panel to deliver the rotational power to the hinge shaft of the second link.

6. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the control module comprises:
a first passenger sensing sensor mounted to the front seat to sense whether a first passenger has been seated thereon;
a first seat posture sensing sensor for sensing a current posture of the front seat;
a second passenger sensing sensor mounted to the rear seat to sense whether a second passenger has been seated thereon;
a second seat posture sensing sensor for sensing a current posture of the rear seat; and
a seat controller for driving and controlling one or more among the first to fourth actuators for the height adjustment, the reclining adjustment, and the tilting operation of one or more of the front seat and the rear seat based on sensing signals of the first and second passenger sensing sensors and sensing signals of the first and second seat posture sensing sensors.

7. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 6 ,
wherein the seat controller is configured to drive and control one or more among the first to fourth actuators for the height adjustment, the reclining adjustment, and the tilting operation of one or more of the front seat and the rear seat based on sensing signals of the first and second passenger sensing sensors and sensing signals of the first and second seat posture sensing sensors, after receiving an input signal of a front seat rest mode switch and a rear seat rest mode switch.

8. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 6 ,
wherein the first and second passenger sensing sensors are adopted as a seat belt wearing sensing sensor for sensing whether to wear a seat belt.

9. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 6 ,
wherein the first and second seat posture sensing sensors are adopted as hall sensors included in motors of the first to fourth actuators.

10. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 6 ,
wherein in a simultaneous rest mode of the front seat and the rear seat,
the seat controller is configured to:
control, for lifting the front seat, an operation in which a first piston of the first actuator moves forward, an operation of angularly rotating while the first actuator is pushed backward by a forward movement of a second piston of the second actuator, and an operation of angularly rotating forward while a third piston of the third actuator moves forward,
control a one-way rotational driving of the fourth actuator so that the first link is reclined backward while the second link is reclined backward for lowering the rear seat, and
control a reclining operation of a front seatback of the front seat and a rear seatback of the rear seat.

11. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 6 ,
wherein in a single rest mode of the front seat in a state where the second passenger has not been seated on the rear seat,
the seat controller is configured to control only a reclining operation of a front seatback of the front seat.

12. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 6 ,
wherein in a single rest mode of the front seat in a state where the second passenger has been seated on the rear seat,
the seat controller is configured to:
control, for lifting the front seat, a forward movement operation of a first piston of the first actuator, an operation of angularly rotating while the first actuator is pushed backward by the forward movement of a second piston of the second actuator, and an operation of angularly rotating forward while a third piston of the third actuator moves forward,
control a reclining operation of a front seatback of the front seat, and
control a one-way rotational driving of the fourth actuator so that the first link is reclined backward while the second link is reclined backward for lowering the rear seat.

13. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 6 ,
wherein in a single rest mode of the rear seat in a state where the first passenger has not been seated on the front seat,
the seat controller is configured to:
control, for forward tilting the front seat, a backward movement operation of the first piston of the first actuator, an operation of angularly rotating while the first actuator is pushed forward by the backward movement of the second piston of the second actuator, and an operation of angularly rotating forward while the third piston of the third actuator moves forward, and
control a reclining operation of a rear seatback of the rear seat.

14. The seat control system for the vehicle of claim 6 ,
wherein in a single rest mode of the rear seat in a state where the first passenger has been seated on the front seat,
the seat controller is configured to:
control, for lifting the front seat, a forward movement operation of the first piston of the first actuator, an operation of angularly rotating while the first actuator is pushed backward by the forward movement of the second piston of the second actuator, and an operation of angularly rotating forward while the third piston of the third actuator moves forward, and
control a reclining operation of a rear

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Han Jong Seok
• Na Seon Chae
• Moon Hyun Kyu
• Jung Chan Ho

Classifications

• B60N2/01

  Arrangement of seats relative to one another · CPC title

• B60N2/045

  Longitudinal adjustment by means of articulated rods supporting the seat, e.g. parallelogram mechanisms (B60N2/38 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/1814

  Parallelogram-like structure · CPC title

• B60N2/1615

  Parallelogram-like structure · CPC title

• B60N2002/0055

  characterised by special measures to ensure that no seat or seat part collides, during its movement, with other seats, seat parts or the vehicle itself · CPC title