Lear Corporation

Rahul Deshmukh

Jianliang Ma

Nizar Freijy

Norbert Hertling

Martin Stanner

YiHua Huang

Michael Heinrich Joop Heyer

Stephan Purnhagen

ShuYing Xia

Zhiqiang Hu

Yue Zuo

Suhua Zhou

Junjie Mo

An anti-submarine arrangement for a vehicle seat includes an elongated member pivotably attached between opposing members of a seat bottom support structure. A leg is fixedly attached to the elongated member and pivotably attached to a structural portion of the vehicle seat. The elongated member is rotatable forward and downward relative to the structural portion of the vehicle seat. A damper arrangement is attached to the leg and to the structural portion of the vehicle seat. The damper arrangement opposes a forward and downward rotation of the elongated member.

Anti-submarine arrangement for a vehicle seat

A seat assembly is provided with a seat bottom adapted to mount to a vehicle. The seat assembly further includes a first seat back pivotally attached to the seat bottom defining a recline angle relative to the seat bottom, and a second seat back pivotally attached to the seat bottom proximate to the first seat back defining a recline angle relative to the seat bottom. A pin is pivotally connected to the second seat back, is sized to be received within a latch mechanism on the first seat back, and is operably connected to the second seat back to pivot to a stowed position when the first seat back is pivoted to a recline angle that is less than the second seat back recline angle.

Vehicle seat latching mechanism

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Maharastra, India

Rahul Deshmukh