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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas J. Susko, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Kurt Leon Kormos, Milford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly includes a frame movable between a sitting position and a standing position and pivotably coupled to a vehicle floor at a pivotable coupling defining a first axis of rotation. The vehicle seating assembly has a pivot bracket coupled to the vehicle floor, a linkage assembly with a link extending between the pivot bracket and the frame, and a shaft extending through the pivot bracket and the link in a direction transverse to the link, and defining a second axis of rotation. The vehicle assembly also includes a gear assembly with a sector gear and a pinion gear operable to move the sector gear from a first position to a second position, and a pawl assembly coupled to the sector gear and selectively engageable with the shaft to position the shaft in fixed and unfixed positions.