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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Stephen De Saulles, London, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/07 (2006.01); B60N 2/14 (2006.01); B60N 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/143 (2013.01); B60N 2/06 (2013.01); B60N 2/0745 (2013.01); B60N 2/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of moving a vehicle seat between a forward-facing orientation and a rear-facing orientation includes the steps of: translating the vehicle seat within the vehicle along a track, the track extending in a direction having a component in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle and in a width-wise direction of the vehicle; and rotating the vehicle seat relative to the track.