Active Suspension Seat and Vehicle Operation Interlocks

摘要

An active suspension seat for use in a vehicle incorporates a swivel enabling the active suspension seat to be rotated about a vertical axis towards and away from a position appropriate for use in driving the vehicle, and incorporates a seat controller operating a brake to prevent such rotation away from that appropriate position in response to an indication that the vehicle is in motion, and limiting the active suspension to being enabled only when the seat is in the appropriate position for use in driving.

主权项

1. An apparatus for actively suspending a seat in a motor vehicle comprising:
a swivel enabling the seat to be pivoted about a vertical axis towards and away from an appropriate position for the seat to be used by a person when driving a vehicle; a brake; a controller coupled to the brake to cause the brake to inhibit the seat from being pivoted away from the appropriate position in response to receiving an indication that the vehicle is in motion, and at least one controllable actuator coupled to the controller and operated by the controller to actively control motion of the seat in at least one degree of freedom of motion.