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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Magna Seating Inc., Aurora, CA;
Ronald Zimmerman, Ii, White Lake, MI (US);
Cheikh Dioum, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ronald Zimmerman, II, White Lake, MI (US);
Cheikh Dioum, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Magna Seating Inc., Aurora, CA;
Abstract
A seat assembly includes a four-bar linkage for providing movement of the seat assembly between a plurality of positions in an automotive vehicle. The four-bar linkage includes front and rear links which simultaneously rotate to move the seat assembly between an easy entry position in which the seat assembly tilts forwardly and downwardly toward a floor of the automotive vehicle to allow ingress and egress behind the seat assembly, a stow position in which a seat cushion lowers toward the floor of the automotive vehicle and a seat back pivots toward and overlaps the seat cushion, and an intermediate design position in which the seat cushion is spaced from the floor of the automotive vehicle and the seat back is disposed generally upright to support an occupant. The seat assembly is capable of moving directly between the easy entry and stow positions without needing to intermediately return to the design position.