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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Nicholas J. Schutzman, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Christopher M. Vargo, Plymouth, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a foldable seat actuatable at least to a stowed configuration and to a deployed configuration, The seat assembly also includes a seat actuation assist mechanism being structured to generate a seat actuation assist force facilitating a movement of the seat from any one of the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration to the other one of the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration. The assist force is generated responsive to movement of the seat from the other one of the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration to the one of the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration.