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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohammad Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
S.M. Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US);
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat system includes a seat bottom having a seat bottom frame and a seatback having a seatback frame pivotably supported by the seat bottom frame. The seat system also includes a seat frame brace movable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The seat frame brace includes a bottom link coupled to the seat bottom frame and a back link coupled to the seatback frame at a first end and coupled to the bottom link at a second end. An actuator is coupled to the seat frame brace and operative to move the seat frame brace from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration.