Porter Group, LLC

Brent C Everett

Michael A Blake

Michael P Miller

Robert Lee Haeske

Karl A Murphy

Hsing Lung Lewis Liu

Yue Lang

Venugopala C Mittapalli

Craig S Smith

Brian P Baibak

A vehicle seat rear floor latch and positioner assembly () for a vehicle seat () movable between a seating position, a generally horizontal nonuse position, and a generally vertical storage position as well as being removable from the vehicle to increase cargo capacity.

Vehicle seat rear floor latch and seat positioner assembly

A vehicle seat front floor latch and positioner assembly () for a rear vehicle seat () movable between a seating position, a generally horizontal nonuse position, and a generally vertical storage position as well as being removable from the vehicle to increase cargo capacity.

Vehicle seat front floor latch and seat positioner assembly

A vehicle seat latch () includes a latch member () and a blocking member () that each have associated first and second blocking surfaces (and) for holding the latch member in a latched position with the blocking member in a blocking position. The first blocking surfaces (and) of the latch member and blocking member have a pressure angle between 4.6 and 6.6 degrees while the second blocking surfaces (and) have a zero degree pressure angle and are slightly spaced from each other. A deformable blocking portion () of the blocking member () defines its first blocking surface () and is deformed by excessive loading so that the zero degree pressure angle second blocking surfaces (and) then contact each other to hold the latch member in its latched position.

Vehicle seat latch

A vehicle seat cushion front latch assembly () includes an attachment latch () for providing attachment to an associated vehicle and includes a support bracket () whose pivotal positioning about a latch plate () is controlled by a blocking member () prevents movement of the attachment latch () to an unlatched condition when the support bracket () is moved a predetermined extent from its use position toward a storage position.

Front latch assembly for vehicle seat cushion

A vehicle seat back recliner () includes a locking mechanism () having a pair of toothed pawls () and a pair of cams () operated by a control () to provide locking and release between a stationary seat cushion mounted member () and a pivotal seat back member (). A spring () of the control () biases the locking mechanism to a locked condition and upon release springs () move the toothed pawls () out of engagement with the toothed locking ring () to permit pivotal adjustment of the seat back member (). In one embodiment, the cams () move in rectilinear directions and have flat actuating surfaces engaged with flat actuating surfaces of the pawls, while another embodiment has the cams (') moved in curved paths and having curved actuating surfaces slidably engaged with curved actuating surfaces of the pawls.

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Warren, MI, United States of America

Brent C Everett