Abstract: A vehicle seat power track for an automobile vehicle seat which includes a sensor arrangement to detect the seat position along the track relative to a front airbag apparatus and generate a signal to control the apparatus of the airbag. The vehicle seat power track also includes brackets configured to reduce horizontal movement of the track components.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 21, 2013
Date of Patent:
July 14, 2015
Assignees:
Johnson Controls Tedhnology Company, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Paul J. Jefferies, Vasile E. Bozintan, Nishide Harutomi, Honda Hiyoyuki, Ishii Yukihisa, Uno Koji, Thomas O. Dobry, Richard T. Krause