Volkswagen Ag

Johnson Controls Gmbh

Dr. Ing. H.c.f. Prosche Ag

Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Andreas Weiss

Klaus-Dieter Morsch

Klaus Friedewald

Arnold Ensslen

Frank Lewetzky

Andreas Stark

Erik Sprenger

Jörg Dittus

Peter Pfeiffer

Uwe Hoffmann

Provided is a vehicle seat which is positionable between a use and not-it-use position convenient for increased storage space and access to rearward areas of the vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a seat part and a backrest. The seat part is pivotably coupled to the vehicle floor at one end so that that the seat part may be moved frontward with respect to the vehicle. A transmission link is provided, coupled to the backrest and the seat part so that the backrest pivots into the not-in-use position as the seat part is moved into its not-in-use position.

Vehicle seat

A motor vehicle seat has an element formed of expanded polypropylene foam or of a material with comparable properties with respect to its firmness and weight provided between a seat part and a vehicle body floor, wherein the seat part is directly or indirectly connected to the vehicle body floor via the element formed of expanded polypropylene foam or of the material with comparable properties with respect to its firmness and weight, or the seat part is formed essentially of expanded polypropylene foam or of a material with comparable properties with respect to its firmness and weight and is directly or indirectly connected to the vehicle body floor.

Vehicle seat configuration

A front pillar arrangement for a motor vehicle body frame includes a front pillar with an outer part and an inner part and a door hinge attached to the outer part of the front pillar with one or more fastening elements along with at least one reinforcing element for mounting the door hinge on the outer part of the front pillar. A rigid connecting element extends between the outer part and the inner part of the front pillar and is attached to the reinforcing element by at least one fastening elements for the door hinge.

Front pillar arrangement for a motor vehicle body frame

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Wolfsburg, Germany

Andreas Weiss