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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:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 6513 ; 296 6516 ;
Abstract
A seat assembly for a motor vehicle includes a generally horizontal seat portion and a generally upright back portion operatively connected to the seat portion. The seat assembly also includes at least one track operatively connected to the seat portion and vehicle structure and a pivot bracket operatively connected to the back portion and the seat portion. The seat assembly further includes a reinforcement bracket disposed between the pivot bracket and the at least one track and operatively connected to the pivot bracket and the vehicle structure for reinforcing the at least one track.