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US 12,691,792 · App. 18/966,173 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Shogo Usui (Tokyo, JP); Koji Hashimoto (Tokyo, JP); Masakazu Okada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
B60N2/0026B60N2/02246B60N2/0248B60N2/065
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,691,792
App. No.
18/966,173
Filed
Dec 3, 2024
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3668
USPC
701/36
Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a first electric device and a second electric device. The first electric device is configured to move a first electric seat to at least one of a first predetermined position and a first predetermined posture inside a vehicle. The second electric device is configured to move a second electric seat to at least one of a second predetermined position and a second predetermined posture inside the vehicle. When a predetermined condition is met, the vehicle seat controls the first electric device and the second electric device so that the first electric seat is in the at least one of the first predetermined position and the first predetermined posture and the second electric seat is in the at least one of the second predetermined position and the second predetermined posture.

Claims (6)

1 . A vehicle seat, comprising:

a first electric device, moving a first electric seat to at least one of a first predetermined position and a first predetermined posture inside a vehicle;

a second electric device, moving a second electric seat to at least one of a second predetermined position and a second predetermined posture inside the vehicle, wherein

when a predetermined condition is met, controlling the first electric device and the second electric device according to a type of a carried object placed on the first electric seat and the second electric seat so that the first electric seat is in the at least one of the first predetermined position and the first predetermined posture and the second electric seat is in the at least one of the second predetermined position and the second predetermined posture.

2 . The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein

when movement of the first electric seat causes contact with the second electric seat or a passenger sitting on the second electric seat, the second electric device moves the second electric seat away from the first electric seat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2024
From: USUI, SHOGO; HASHIMOTO, KOJI; OKADA, MASAKAZU
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069474/0120 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202410109005.1 · Jan 26, 2024 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250242725A1 · Jul 31, 2025
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