A seat assembly 32 comprising a seatback 38, an elongated member 42, a pyrotechnic device 44, and a wire 46. The seat assembly may be for a vehicle. The elongated member is rotatably supported by the seatback. The pyrotechnic device is fixed relative to the seatback. The wire is connected to the elongated member and deployably attached to the pyrotechnic device. The wire may extend around a pivot (54, Fig.8), and the wire may be retracted into the pyrotechnic device when discharging from a ready to a discharged state (See figs. 8&9). The seat may further comprise a seatbelt (68 fig.12) coupled at a buckle (70) to the wire to be pre-tensioned by the pyrotechnic device. The seat back may comprise a recliner mechanism, such that the seat back is able to move relative to a seat base 36, with the elongated member serving as a lever for controlling the recliner mechanism. The assembly may further comprise a control module (84 Fig.13) for discharging the pyrotechnic device in response to a vehicle side impact.


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    Title :

    Deployable elongated member


    Contributors:
    DEEPAK PATEL (author) / ZHIBING DENG (author)

    Publication date :

    2018-10-10


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT



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