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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2006
David Michael Schacht, Canton, MI (US);
Lei Cao, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Matthew J. Mclaughlin, Chesterfield Township, MI (US);
Catherine A. Devoss, Plymouth, MI (US);
Thomas J. Domlovil, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jeffrey P. Carroll, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
David Michael Schacht, Canton, MI (US);
Lei Cao, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Matthew J. McLaughlin, Chesterfield Township, MI (US);
Catherine A. DeVoss, Plymouth, MI (US);
Thomas J. Domlovil, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jeffrey P. Carroll, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Intier Automotive Inc., Newmarket, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A seat assembly for a motor vehicle includes a seat cushion and an output shaft rotatably coupled to the seat cushion. An actuator is fixedly coupled to the seat cushion and operatively coupled to the output shaft for rotatably driving the output shaft. A front leg is operably connected to the actuator for movement between a support position supporting the seat cushion and a retracted position folded underneath the seat cushion. A front latch is mounted on the front leg and is positioned to selectively engage a striker bar along a motor vehicle floor for maintaining the front leg in the support position. A link assembly extends between the output shaft and the front latch for selectively unlocking the front latch as the output shaft is rotatably driven by the actuator to drive the front leg between the retracted position and the support position.