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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Keith Allen Godin, Dearborn, MI (US);
Sean Bayle West, Monroe, MI (US);
Spencer Robert Hoernke, Dundas, CA;
Macit Aktas, Windsor, CA;
Deeptej Kudav, Southgate, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly has a seat, a seatback and a bracket extending between the seat and the seatback with a first pivotable coupling between the bracket and the seat, a second pivotable coupling between the bracket and the seatback, and a sector gear portion with a gear assembly including a spur gear. The sector gear portion is disposed along an edge of the bracket, wherein the spur gear is rotatable to engage the sector gear portion of the bracket to move the bracket from a first position to a second position to move the second pivotable coupling from a primary position to a secondary position.