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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Hiraku Takatsura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Motohide Oyama, Nagoya, JP;
Hisato Watanabe, Aichi-ken, JP;
Koji Kawamoto, Toyota, JP;
Tsutomu Abe, Numazu, JP;
Jun Kanamori, Susono, JP;
Hiraku Takatsura, Aichi-ken, JP;
Motohide Oyama, Nagoya, JP;
Hisato Watanabe, Aichi-ken, JP;
Koji Kawamoto, Toyota, JP;
Tsutomu Abe, Numazu, JP;
Jun Kanamori, Susono, JP;
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A double folding mechanism of a seat of a vehicle can fold a seat cushion from a space on a floor and fold a seat back into the space, thereby changing the seat from its use condition to its retracted condition. The double folding mechanism can include a first connecting mechanism connecting the seat cushion and the floor and a second connecting mechanism connecting the seat back and the floor. The second connecting mechanism can control the rotational speed of the seat back such that the seat back can enter inside a rotational trajectory of a rear end of the seat cushion after the seat cushion comes out of a rotational trajectory of an upper end portion of the seat back. The double folding mechanism can change the seat from the use condition to the retracted condition in one operation.