IP Library Granted Patent US 7,546,215
Granted Patent B2
US 7,546,215 · App. 11/787,310 · Granted Jun 9, 2009

Method for calibrating a powered seat

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Patent No.
US 7,546,215
App. No.
11/787,310
Granted
Jun 9, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of calibrating a powered seat includes storing a first position of at least one seat part in a memory, calculating a second position of the at least one seat part by adding to the first position a difference between a predetermined value of first position and a predetermined value of the second position, and storing the calculated second position in the memory.

Claims (31)

1. A method of calibrating a powered seat, the method comprising:

storing a first position of at least one seat part in a memory;

calculating a second position of the at least one seat part by adding to the first position a difference between a predetermined value of the first position and a predetermined value of the second position; and

storing the calculated second position in the memory;

wherein the difference between the predetermined value of the first position and the predetermined value of the second position is determined before storing the first position of the at least one seat part in memory.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising manually moving the at least one seat part to the first position before storing the first position in the memory.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first position comprises a Taxi-Takeoff-Landing position and the second position comprises a BED position.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first position comprises a BED position and the second position comprises a Taxi-Takeoff-Landing position.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein first position and the second position define a physical range of motion of the at least one seat part.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first position and the second position are within a physical range of motion of the at least one seat part.

7. A method of calibrating a powered seat, the method comprising:

receiving a sensor output corresponding to a first position of at least one part of the seat;

storing the sensor output in a memory;

calculating a sensor output corresponding to a second position of the at least one part of the seat without moving the part of the seat to the second position by adding to the stored sensor output of the first position a difference between a predetermined sensor output corresponding to the first position and a predetermined sensor output corresponding to the second position; and

storing the calculated sensor output corresponding to the second position in the memory.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising manually moving the at least one part of the seat to the first position prior to receiving a sensor output corresponding to the first position.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first position comprises a Taxi-Takeoff-Landing position and the second position comprises a BED position.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first position comprises a BED position and the second position comprises a Taxi-Takeoff-Landing position.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first position and the second position define a physical range of motion of the at least one part of the seat.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first position and the second position are within a physical range of motion of the at least one part of the seat.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined sensor output corresponding to the first position comprises a sensor output of an actuator coupled to the at least one seat part when the actuator is in a position corresponding to the first position of the at least one seat part.

14. The method of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined sensor output corresponding to the second position comprises a sensor output of an actuator coupled to the at least one seat part when the actuator is in a position corresponding to the second position of the at least one seat part.

15. A method of calibrating a powered seat, the method comprising:

storing a first position of an actuator in a memory;

determining a second position of the actuator without moving the actuator to the second position by adding to the first position a difference between a predetermined value of the first position and a predetermined value of the second position; and

storing the determined second position in the memory.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising manually moving the at least one seat part to the first position before storing the first position in the memory.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first position comprises a Taxi-Takeoff-Landing position and the second position comprises a BED position.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first position comprises a BED position and the second position comprises a Taxi-Takeoff-Landing position.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein first position and the second position define a physical range of motion of the at least one seat part.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first position and the second position are within a physical range of motion of the at least one seat part.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2022
From: CRANE HOLDINGS, CO.
To: HYDRO-AIRE AEROSPACE CORP.
Reel/Frame 060822/0520 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2022
From: CRANE CO.
To: CRANE HOLDINGS, CO.
Reel/Frame 059963/0621 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2007
From: MUHAMMAD, KHALID; KOH, MELVYN; TELESE, ROCCO JOSEPH; GREEN, ASHLEY; KHAN, IRFAN M.; IBRAHIM, EMAD W.; GEUVDJELIAN, ARY; HYDRO-AIRE, INC.
To: CRANE CO.
Reel/Frame 020002/0140 →