Nissan Motor Company Limited

Ikeda Bussan Co. Ltd.

Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd.

Kazuma Sato

Yuzo Kanazawa

Hiroyuki Tanizaki

Sakae Ebihara

Kiyohiko Munakata

A sliding lock mechanism for a rotary seat assembly includes an operating lever which rotates together with a seat of the assembly, thereby eliminating any operating lever projecting from the back of the seat.

Sliding lock mechanism for rotary seat assembly

A first reclining back is pivotally connected to a first seat section. The first back is shiftable to a predetermined position in which the first back is coplanar with the first seat section. The first seat section and back constitute a first seat. A first armrest is detachably connected to the first seat. A second reclining back is pivotally connected to a second seat section. The second back is shiftable to a predetermined position in which the second back is coplanar with the second seat section. The second seat section and back constitute a second seat, which is spaced from the first seat. A second armrest is detachably connected to the second seat. The first and second armrests having been detached from the first and second seats can be used to fill the gap between the first and second seats to form a substantially-flat surface in conjunction with the first and second seats when the first and second backs are in their predetermined positions.

Vehicle seat arrangement

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Nagoya, Japan

Kazuma Sato