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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Robert Damerow, Garden City, MI (US);
Patrick Maloney, Dearborn, MI (US);
Sean David Fannin, Taylor, MI (US);
Balakrishna Reddy, Farmington, MI (US);
Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Canton, MI (US);
Christian J. Hosbach, Allen Park, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat pan and four linkage arms individually pivotably coupled with the seat pan. The assembly further includes a mounting plate, each of the four linkage arms being pivotably coupled therewith. A gear rack is coupled with the seat pan and defines an articulation path therefor, and a pinion is operably engaged with the rack to drive articulation of the seat pan including pivoting of the four linkage arms and sliding of the mounting plate.