Ford Motor Company Limited

Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Lucian Bela

Frank Qiukui Liu

Donald R Schaefer

Majid Jack Hammoud

Leon Bruce Liu

Stephen Ce Bian

The present invention relates to a motor vehicle passenger seat assembly for use in a vehicle. The seat assembly comprises a seat bottom. The seat bottom comprises a base and a foam seat cushion. The seat cushion is removably attached to the base. The seat assembly further comprises a seat back in contacting relationship with the seat cushion of the seat bottom when the cushion is attached to the base. The seat assembly further comprises a pair of laterally spaced anchorage members for anchoring a child seat to the passenger seat. The anchorage members are located between the cushion and the base of the seat bottom.

Removable cushion for isofix child seat

A seat mounting apparatus for supporting a seat allows the seat to be positioned in three possible positions allowing for improved ingress/egress and cargo carrying. The seat mounting apparatus includes a seat back frame (28), a seat bottom frame (36), a front leg (50), and a rear leg (44). A guide mechanism (59) is disposed between the seat bottom frame and the front leg for guiding the front leg. A reclining mechanism (91) is interposed between the seat back frame and the seat bottom frame for allowing the seat back frame to move between first and second reclined positions and into a first folded position. A front release mechanism (61) is interposed between the seat bottom frame and the front leg for controlling relative motion between the front leg and the seat bottom upon actuation of the front release mechanism. A coupler mechanism (79) is disposed between the seat back frame and the rear leg and is connected to the front leg for positioning the seat back frame into a second folded position over a lowered seat bottom frame. A rear release mechanism (108) is interposed between a bottom end (46) of the rear leg and a floor (20) for releasing the bottom end of the rear leg from being rigidly connected to the floor such that with the seat back frame in the first folded position, the seat can be displaced from a seated position to a tumbled position for improved ingress and egress.

Multi-positional seat mounting apparatus

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Lucian Bela