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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 01, 2014
Aisin Technical Center of America, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Michael Mixon, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ryosuke Mizuno, Novi, MI (US);
AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat including a seat back, a walk-in lever that releases the seat back so that the seat back may rotate, a slide mechanism having an upper rail and lower rail, a connection device between the seat back and a slide mechanism that releases the slide mechanism, a lock lever that rotates in response to rotation of the seat back, and a lock lever that rotates in response to rotation of the seat back. The seat configured so that rotation of the seat back in a forward direction by a predetermined amount releases the slide mechanism so that the seat may slide in a fore-aft direction. The slide mechanism configured so that, in the locked position, the lock lever directly contacts the lower rail such that forward force on the seat is directly transferred from the lock lever to the lower rail at the point of direct contact.