US 11,738,672 B2
Vehicle seat power consumption control device and method
Dong Hoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Doo Ri Kim, Goyang-si (KR); and Yo Han Kim, Ansan-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/228,858.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0104816 (KR), filed on Aug. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055508 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/56 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/5678 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat power consumption control device comprising:
a sensor configured to obtain a seat angle of a vehicle seat; and
a controller connected to the sensor and configured to adjust a voltage supplied to an electric device provided in the vehicle seat, according to the seat angle,
wherein the controller is configured to determine a voltage reduction rate using a correction constant according to the seat angle and a thickness of the vehicle seat, and a correction constant according to a material of the vehicle seat.