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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2018
Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Robert Fitzpatrick, Holland, MI (US);
Matthew Benson, Holland, MI (US);
Desmond O'Regan, Bad Homburg, DE;
Markus Uhlig, Stuttgart, DE;
Fabrice Aycoberry, St. Germaine en Laye, FR;
FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat with a seat bottom and backrest is configured for movement between a forward-facing position and an inwardly-rotated position in a reconfigurable vehicle passenger cabin. The movement includes rotation about a vertical axis located along an inboard side of the seat and a rear side of the seat bottom. The vertical axis can be located within an inboard quarter of the seat, rearward of an occupant seating surface of the seat bottom, forward or rearward of a rear side of a bottom end of the backrest, and various combinations of these locations. In addition to providing a seat occupant with additional freedom of movement within the passenger cabin, the inwardly-rotated position of the seat can also provide a safer condition for the seat occupant with respect to structural portions of the vehicle body.