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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Adient Engineering and Ip Gmbh, Burscheid, DE;
Inventors:
Michael J. Leighton, Lasalle, CA;
Kenneth R. Ptak, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/0244 (2013.01); B60N 2/206 (2013.01); B60N 2/22 (2013.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.02); B60N 2002/0272 (2013.01); B60N 2002/981 (2018.02);
Abstract
A pivot fitting for a seat, in particular vehicle seat, is configured to adjust an inclination of the seat between at least a use position and at least a non-use position. The pivot fitting may have at least one detection unit which is configured to determine if the seat is in at least one of the use position, any intermediate inclined position or the non-use position.