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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Adient Engineering and Ip Gmbh, Burscheid, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Kapusky, South Lyon, MI (US);
Eric Michalak, Canton, MI (US);
Nathan Caruss, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jennifer Carlson, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Brent Burton, Windsor, CA;
Alexander Saveski, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Adient Engineering and IP GmbH, Burscheid, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/22 (2006.01); F16C 29/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/07 (2006.01); B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B60N 2/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/2209 (2013.01); B60N 2/0224 (2013.01); B60N 2/06 (2013.01); B60N 2/07 (2013.01); B60N 2/0745 (2013.01); B60N 2/3015 (2013.01); B60N 2/68 (2013.01); F16C 29/048 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0236 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a cushion, a seatback connected to the cushion and a track arrangement. The track arrangement includes a curved fixed track and a flexible track follower that is moveable along the curved fixed track between a full slouch and a full upright position. The curved fixed track is connected to a vehicle seat support base and the moveable track is connected to the cushion.