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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 05, 2012
Applicants:

Shawn Anthony Dixon, Windsor, CA;

Majid Arefi, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Robert J. Sack, Commerce Township, MI (US);

David Beyhon Tung, Troy, MI (US);

Inventors:

Shawn Anthony Dixon, Windsor, CA;

Majid Arefi, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Robert J. Sack, Commerce Township, MI (US);

David Beyhon Tung, Troy, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B60N 2/72 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/42 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/44 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/68 (2013.01); B60R 11/00 (2013.01); B60N 2/44 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0288 (2013.01); B60R 11/0264 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0012 (2013.01); B60N 2/686 (2013.01); B60N 2/72 (2013.01); B60N 2/5621 (2013.01); B60N 2/682 (2013.01); B60N 2/4228 (2013.01);
Abstract

A recliner bracket for a vehicle includes a web defining a recliner heart receiving aperture. The recliner heart receiving apertures is operably connected with side supports of a seating assembly and include forward and rearward seat support connection tabs. A deformation notch is disposed on a rear portion of the web and is adapted to collapse under a predetermined loading from a rear collision event.


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