Benefits of the Counter Balanced Motion Seat

Comfort Features

• Automatic seat tilt and backrest recline for comfort without complex mechanisms.

• Automatic, self-adjusting lumbar support.
  Seat tilt-lock control with instantaneous release to insure that CBM performs for safety.

• Reduction of vibration transfer and cases of motion sickness.

The seat motion and excellent support actually makes one feel safe. The reaction from people ride-testing the CBM Seat is “I want this seat in my car!” The CBM Seat’s passive qualities insuresconsumer acceptance.

Front Impact Safety

The CBM Seat acts as a passive restraint system to reduce head, chest and lower body injury.

• This allows for the use of lower pressure air bags and softer belt characteristics.

Rear Impact Safety

The CBM Seat in rear impact tests, shows an 18% reduction in HIC values and a 6% reduction in neck loads:

• Reduced head trajectory in both directions, rear impact loading and forward unloading.

• Reduced HIC, neck and chest loading values while absorbing forces of the lower body.

Improved Safety Standards

Results of both, crash testing and computer modeling show significant reduction of injury loads in frontal, offset, unbelted and rear impacts. This presents an outstanding improvement to automotive safety.

Increases safety: The CBM Seat significantly reduces crash forces on the body and can noticeably re- duce lower body injuries. It improves the performance of other safety restraints, allowing safe depow- ering (reducing pressure) of the air bag.

CBM Seat Cost, Savings and Offsets

The CBM Seat mechanism is an efficient and cost effective design to manufacture that provides backrest recline and seat tilt adjustment controls, for comfort and safety. This reduces other restraint modules costs while adding important features.

Automatic seat tilt and backrest recline for comfort without complex mechanisms. Automatic, self-adjusting lumbar support.
Seat tilt-lock control with instantaneous release to insure that CBM performs for safety. Reduction of vibration transfer and cases of motion sickness.

This allows for the use of lower pressure air bags and softer belt characteristics.

Reducedheadtrajectoryinbothdirections,rearimpact loadingandforwardunloading. Reduced HIC, neck and chest loading values while absorbing forces of the lower body.

Cost Savings

• Motorized Seat Tilt parts, one motor

• Active Head Restraint module

• Knee Airbag Module not required

• All Belts To Seat (ABTS) structure