Johnson Controls Technology Company

Richard Hong

Timothy R Butt

Antonio Buccinna

Chih-Cheng Liao

Michael P Hartmann

Steven Boye

Metodija Milevski

Christopher James Cowan

A vehicle seat for coupling to the floor of a vehicle comprising a seat back, a seat cushion, a first bracket, and a second bracket. The seat back is pivotable between at least a first position and a design position. The seat cushion is configured to be coupled to the vehicle floor. The first bracket is configured to be coupled to the vehicle floor and includes one of a keyed passage and a keyed pin configured to be received within the keyed passage. The second bracket is coupled to the seat back and includes the other one of the keyed passage and the keyed pin configured to be received within the keyed passage. The keyed passage is configured to receive the keyed pin only when the seat back is in a position the seat back will be prevented from assuming after the vehicle seat has been installed in the vehicle.

Vehicle seat

A seating and cargo system () for a vehicle () is disclosed having a generally horizontal floor () and one or more generally vertical frame members (). A panel () is mounted transverse to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle () and pivotally coupled to the frame members (). A seat back () is coupled to the panel () and has a lower end engaging a seat bottom (). An optimal support member () is coupled to the seat bottom () and engages the floor section () of the vehicle () and another support member () is coupled to the lower end of the seat back () and to the bottom portion of the panel ().

Seating and cargo system for a vehicle

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Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, United States of America

Richard Hong