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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2008
Timothy S. Myers, Northville, MI (US);
Keith R. Ziegler, Westland, MI (US);
Michael J. Leighton, LaSalle, CA;
Timothy S. Myers, Northville, MI (US);
Keith R. Ziegler, Westland, MI (US);
Michael J. Leighton, LaSalle, CA;
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat system including a seat-bottom () and a.seatback () wherein the seatback () is prevented from rotating by both a recliner mechanism () and a latch mechanism () connected to the seatback (). The latch mechanism () is configured to be disengaged to permit rotation of the seatback (), to a forward position to aid ingress into a rearward positioned seat, which in turn releases a pair of tracks to shuttle the seat forward, to provide for easier ingress into a rearward positioned seat. When the latch mechanism () is released or unlocked, the recliner mechanism () release handle is free to rotate, but the lockout mechanism is prevented from, releasing the recliner mechanism. The seat is configured so that the seatback () unfolds and returns to the specific comfort position prior to activation of the latch mechanism release handle ().