US 12,280,699 B2
Convenience apparatus for rear seat passenger and operation control method thereof
Tae Hoon Lee, Suwon-Si (KR); Byeong Seon Son, Seoul (KR); Se Jin Park, Namyangju-Si (KR); Ji Hwan Kim, Seoul (KR); Sang Ho Kim, Incheon (KR); Sang Hoon Park, Incheon (KR); Gu Chang Kang, Seoul (KR); Seong Yun Yeo, Seongnam-Si (KR); and Sung Hoon Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Seosan-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Seosan-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,222.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0085743 (KR), filed on Jul. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017655 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/75 (2018.01)
CPC B60N 2/995 (2018.02) [B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/5621 (2013.01); B60N 2/5685 (2013.01); B60N 2/797 (2018.02); B60N 2/976 (2018.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A convenience apparatus for a rear seat passenger, the convenience apparatus comprising:
a touchscreen configured to be manipulated by a passenger, for operation of a footrest and a seat convenience device provided at a seat;
a seat controller configured to receive a signal from the touchscreen, generating a control signal;
a footrest driving mechanism configured to receive the control signal from the seat controller, performing an operation to operate the footrest;
a convenience device controller configured to receive the control signal from the seat controller, generating a control signal; and
a convenience device driving mechanism configured to receive the control signal of the convenience device controller, performing an operation to operate the seat convenience device,
wherein the seat convenience device includes a heater, a ventilator or a foot massage machine provided at a seatback of a front seat, and
wherein the footrest driving mechanism includes:
a footrest motor including a Hall sensor provided therein; and
a footrest gear mechanism configured to transmit driving force of the footrest motor to the footrest.