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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1998
Wei-Pin Wu, Canton, MI (US);
John J Flannery, Fenton, MI (US);
Robert H Dietze, Sr, Brighton, MI (US);
Joseph P Vitale, South Lyon, MI (US);
Mark A Pattok, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey A Lindberg, Southgate, MI (US);
Robert M Healy, Garden City, MI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly having a seat back which pivots during a rear impact vehicle collision in Such a manner that the upper end of the seat back rotates foreword. The pivoting seat back includes a releasable latch mechanism to hold the seat back frame fixed in a predetermined position about a pivot axis. The latch mechanism is releasable by inertia forces in response to a rear vehicle collision, to release the latch member and free the seat back frame for rotation about the pivot axis.