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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kurt Leon Kormos, Milford, MI (US);
Rabindranath Persad, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas J. Susko, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Frank Glenn Walega, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly convertible between a use position and a non-use position. The vehicle seat assembly includes a seat with a seat cushion support, a seatback, a base that connects to a vehicle, a front pivot linkage supported by the base by a first joint and pivotally connected to the seat cushion support by a second joint, and a rear foot pivotally supported by the base by a third joint. A pivoting movement of the rear foot about the third joint is lockable. The rear foot is connected to the seatback by a fourth joint. The vehicle seat also includes a fifth joint that connects the seatback to the seat cushion support, wherein the fourth joint is a latch and the fifth joint provides a free pivot, and wherein the fourth joint is latched when the seat moves from the use position to a boarding non-use position.