Mazda Motor Corporation

Yutaka Shimazu

Tsuyoshi Toyoda

Eiji Kitamura

Satoru Akana

Kazutaka Hirose

Bumper having a radiator grill portion

Radiator grill of a motor vehicle

Front portion of a motor vehicle

Rear portion of a motor vehicle

An adjustable seat assembly which comprises a seat bottom and a seat back, a reclining mechanism for connecting the seat back to the seat bottom for the adjustment of the tilt of the seat back relative to the seat bottom, a slide mechanism for mounting the seat bottom on a support surface for the adjustment of the position of the seat in a direction along the support surface, and a multifunctional handle supported for movement in at least first and second directions for controlling the reclining and slide mechanisms, respectively. Where the seat assembly further comprises a seat lifting mechanism for the adjustment of the height of the seat above the support surface, the handle may be rendered movable also in a third direction, in which case the first and second are opposite to each other and the third direction is perpendicular to any one of the first and second directions.

Adjustable seat assembly

Growing community of inventors

Aki-gun, Japan

Yutaka Shimazu