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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Nicholas Salenbien, Dundee, MI (US);
Kevin Mozurkewich, Livonia, MI (US);
Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Canton, MI (US);
Chih-Cheng Liao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A folding seat assembly for e vehicle includes a folding seat pan that is pivotally mounted to a support surface and includes a mounting aperture disposed therethrough. A seatback is coupled to the support surface and includes an outwardly extending bracket with an upwardly extending engagement feature disposed thereon. An engagement member having a frame portion disposed on a lower surface of the seat pan and first and second sidewalls upwardly extending through the mounting aperture, the sidewalls including opposed inwardly extending tabs for receiving the engagement feature therebetween when the seat pan is in a use position.