Porter Group, LLC

Adient Luxembourg Holding S.a.r.l.

Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.

Yue Lang

Karl A Murphy

Hsing Lung Lewis Liu

Bruce A Hiemstra

Edward Poulos

Brent C Everett

A vehicle seat includes a seat base, a backrest and a track arrangement with a fixed track part and a moveable track part and with a lockable range to lock the seat and the moveable track part relative to the a fixed track part. A lockout mechanism locks the backrest in a forward position with the seat base in a non-lockable track range. The lockout mechanism includes a lockout catch member connected to the backrest and a lockout hook connected to the seat base, which is pivotable between a locked position, with the lockout hook engaging the lockout catch member, and an unlocked position. A blocker member is connected to the seat base and is pivotable between a blocking position, with the blocker engaging the lockout hook to maintain the lockout hook in the locked position and an open position, with the blocker not engaging the lockout hook.

Vehicle seat and seat recliner arrangement with recliner hard lock to avoid returning backrest in non-lockable track region

A vehicle seat support frame assembly () has a seat cushion base member () with opposite ends () and () pivotally connected to first and second legs (). The first legs () are also pivotally connected to the associated vehicle and the second legs () have first and second latches () and (). Each first latch () provides securement of the associated second leg to the associated vehicle in the seating position, and each second latch () prevents pivoting between the second leg and the seat cushion base member end () to provide rigidity in the seating position.

Vehicle seat support frame assembly

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.

Vehicle seat back recliner

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Northville, MI, United States of America

Yue Lang