| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 296650050 | Hinged seat | 69 |
| 20080246299 | SEAT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat apparatus for a vehicle, which includes an inner slide rail, an outer slide rail including an outer upper rail and an outer lower rail, a seat cushion provided slidably in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and configured to be flipped up to a wall portion of the vehicle compartment to be in a storage position, a hinge mechanism fixing the outer upper rail to the seat cushion, a bearing smoothly sliding the outer upper rail relative to the outer lower rail, a spring provided around a rotational shaft of the hinge mechanism for biasing the seat cushion in a direction to be flipped up, and at least one rotating member provided between the outer upper rail and the outer lower rail so as to receive a load in a lateral direction of the vehicle applied to the outer upper rail by the spring. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080284196 | LOW PROFILE SEAT STOWAGE MECHANIZATION - A seat stowage system for a vehicle having a spare tire tub comprises a seat assembly including a seatback cushion having an occupiable surface and an opposing cargo load surface and a base cushion having an occupiable surface and an underside surface. A translational joint assembly operatively connects the seatback cushion and the base cushion. The translational joint assembly allows the seat assembly to transition between an occupiable and a stowed position while utilizing the foot well and not interfering with or obstructing the spare tire tub. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090108616 | AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE SEAT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FOLDING AND TUMBLING SAME - An automotive vehicle seat includes a seat back and a seat bottom. The seat back and seat bottom are carried by bracketry. The seat back is foldable relative to the seat bottom. As the seat back folds toward the seat bottom, the seat bottom moves away from a rear of the bracketry. Once folded, the seat back, seat bottom and bracketry may tumble toward a front of a vehicle. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090184535 | ARTICULATING SEAT CUSHION & LOAD FLOOR FOR PICK UP OR SIMILAR TYPE VEHICLE - The present invention is directed to an articulated seat assembly to efficiently utilize vehicle compartment space. The articulated seat assembly is comprised of a seat back slidably mounted to a floor for horizontal movement relative thereto. A seat pan is equipped with at least first and second seat flange indents on opposite ends of the seat pan to cooperatively engage a floor flange to provide support to the seat pan in first and second pivoted positions. A leg assembly is pivotally attached to the seat pan at a first end and pivotally attached relative to a vehicle floor at a second end. The leg assembly is equipped with a first flat to cooperatively engage the vehicle floor when the leg is in a first pivoted position and a second flat to cooperatively engage the vehicle floor in a second pivoted position. The leg assembly is further equipped with a contour to cooperate with a floor contour to permit pivotal movement of said leg. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090243323 | STORABLE SEAT FOR VEHICLE - One aspect of the invention includes a seat movable in a front-rear direction between an in-use position and a stored position. The seat is moved in the front-rear direction via a link. The link is coupled pivotally in the front-rear direction. One end of the link is coupled to a coupling member fixed to the seat. The other end of the link is coupled to a coupling member fixed to the floor. The link and the respective coupling members are coupled to each other using an axial member. The insertion hole is formed in a shape that inhibits the axial member from undergoing positional displacement in the front-rear direction within the insertion hole when the seat is at the in-use position and allows the axial member to undergo positional displacement in the front-rear direction within the insertion hole as the seat is moved from the in-use position to the stored position. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090284037 | Folding and fixing structure of a people-carrying vehicle - A foldable people-carrying vehicle includes two pivotal members interposed between and pivoted at two ends thereof to a vehicle body and a seat of the vehicle; the vehicle further includes a fixing mechanism to fix the seat; the pivotal members each have a first fixing hole to cooperate with the fixing mechanism in order to fix the seat in a lowered not-in-use position, and a second fixing hole to cooperate with the fixing mechanism to fix the seat in a raised in-use position; the fixing mechanism includes two spring-biased fixing components, which are normally partly held in the fixing holes to fix the seat; a handle is fitted on the seat, and two pulling strings are connected to the handle, and connected to the fixing components respectively; the fixing components can be moved out of the fixing holes for the seat to become movable when the handle is pulled. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090302631 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat includes a seat part having a seat substructure. The seat part is displaceable along a transverse axis with respect to the seat substructure and the seat part is at least partially swivelably about the transverse axis. The seat includes a displacement element having a displacement length, a fixed lower part and an upper part. A first longitudinal movement of the seat part and a first transverse movement of the seat part occurs along a first section of the adjustment length. A second longitudinal movement of the seat part and a second transverse movement of the seat part occurs along a second section of the adjustment length. The ratio of the first longitudinal movement to the first transverse movement differs from the ratio of the second longitudinal movement to the second transverse movement. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100102586 | ADJUSTABLE VEHICLE SEAT - An adjustable vehicle seat ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100207417 | OPERATING LEVER OF VEHICULAR SEAT - One aspect of the present invention can include an operating lever of a vehicular seat provided at a front face, an upper face, or a back face of a seat, including a seat cushion and a seat back, and a first lever and a second lever. The first lever and the second lever are axially supported pivotably to each other on one end sides in length directions. An other end side in the length direction of the first lever is axially supported pivotably to the seat and is connected to a lock mechanism capable of changing a state of an attitude of the seat. The other end side in the length direction of the second lever is formed as an operating portion. The attitude of the seat can be operated while bending the first lever in two stages around axial shafts on sides of both ends in the length direction of the first lever by operating an operating portion of the second lever in a direction of being remote from the seat. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100308618 | VEHICLE SEAT, ESPECIALLY MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110127794 | VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY - A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat base having a forward portion and a rearward portion, wherein the rearward portion is tiltable about the forward portion. A seatback is connected to the rearward portion of the seat base. The seat back tilts with the rearward portion when the rearward portion is tilted relative to the forward portion to provide ingress/egress access behind the seat back and the seat base. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110163566 | STORABLE SEAT FOR VEHICLE - A storable vehicle seat is provided, which can be rotationally moved smoothly and can further be prevented from wobbling in a seating state even though the storable vehicle seat has a structure in which the rotational path of the seat is defined by front and rear links. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20140117699 | Stow-In-Floor Seat Assembly - A seat assembly comprises a seat cushion and a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat cushion for pivotal movement between an upright seating position and a fold flat position overlying the seat cushion. A support bracket is coupled to the seat cushion for mounting the seat assembly to the floor of a vehicle. A pair of front legs extends between a first end pivotally coupled to the seat cushion and an opposite second end pivotally coupled to the support bracket. A pair of rear legs extends between a first end pivotally coupled to the seat cushion and an opposite second end pivotally coupled to the support bracket. A linkage mechanism is operatively coupled between the front legs and the rear legs for actuating rotation of the seat assembly between a seating position spaced above the vehicle floor and a stow position recessed within below the floor. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140239662 | STORAGE APPARATUS FOR SEAT OF VEHICLE - A storage apparatus for a seat of a vehicle, in which the seat is stored in a storage space formed therebelow, so that it is possible to secure a wider luggage space as compare with the related art and reduce unit cost without using a separate slide rail. In addition, the storage apparatus variously uses the space of a back seat when shifted between a passenger space (seating mode) and a luggage space (luggage mode) of the multi-functional back seat, which is vertically movable and foldable. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140333086 | Folding and Stowing Rear-Facing Vehicle Seat - A rear-facing seat for a vehicle comprises: a seat portion connected to the vehicle by a hinge so that the rear-facing seat assumes at least a stowed position and an unstowed position; and a back portion connected to the seat portion, wherein in the unstowed position the back portion assumes at least an up position and a down position, wherein in the up position (i) a hook on the back portion engages a first striker on a vehicle wall, and (ii) a latch on the back portion engages a second striker of a back of a forward-facing seat. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20160059788 | CARGO COVER ASSEMBLIES AND VEHICLES INCORPORATING THE SAME - A vehicle cargo assembly including a vehicle floor having a top surface and a storage compartment having an opening at the top surface of the vehicle floor and extending below the top surface of the vehicle floor. A vehicle seat includes a back portion pivotably coupled to a bench portion at a seat folding location. A cargo cover is coupled to the vehicle seat and is pivotable between a seat upright extended position and a seat upright retracted position. When the cargo cover is in the seat upright extended position, the cargo cover covers the opening of the storage compartment. | 03-03-2016 |
| 296650060 | Movable about vertical axis | 2 |
| 20130193710 | WORKING VEHICLE - Front end sides of seat brackets and seat frames are connected with each other turnably by an arm member, an inclined plate is provided at a rear end of the seat frames, and rollers are disposed at a rear end of the seat brackets. The rollers move on the inclined plate as the seat brackets move between a front lower position and a rear upper position. | 08-01-2013 |
| 296650070 | Having actuator | 1 |
| 20100007165 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat of the present invention has an engaged member, an engagement member and a guide portion. The engagement member is provided on the seat body so as to be movable between a restraint position and a restraint release position. The engagement member is capable of moving to the restraint position, so as to be advanced to a position in which the engagement member faces the engaged member, and is capable of moving to the restraint release position, so as to be retracted to a position in which the engagement member does not face the engaged member. The guide portion is capable of moving the engagement member to the restraint position when the seat body moves to the retracted position, and is capable of moving the engagement member to the restraint release position when the seat body is advanced from the retracted position. | 01-14-2010 |
| 296650080 | Having actuator | 15 |
| 20090102222 | VEHICLE SEAT DEVICE - Disclosed is a vehicle seat device operating as follows. A retracting instruction is given by a seat switch to start operation of a seat back actuator. Lock of the seat back and a seat cushion is released to rotate the seat back to the position where it is overlapped with the seat cushion. A floor actuator is driven to release engagement between the floor panel and the floor lock. A lift up motor is operated to lift up the vehicle seat device toward the vehicle body. After this, a dragger lock motor is operated to lock a striker on the seat back rear surface and the dragger unit, thereby completing the retraction operation. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090167046 | VEHICLE SEATS - A vehicle seat includes a support base, a seat back tiltably supported on the support base, a seat cushion, a first link and a second link. Each of the first and second links is pivotally coupled to the support base and the seat cushion, so that a quadrant link mechanism is formed by the support base, the seat cushion, the first link and the second link. A coupling device couples the seat back to the first link at a position between a first coupling point and a second coupling point. The first coupling point couples the first link to the seat cushion, and the second coupling point couples the first link to the support base. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090189408 | Power Folding Seat Mechanism - A power riser assembly riser assembly includes a rear leg pivotally coupled between a seat assembly and a vehicle floor defining upper and lower axes. A drive linkage is operatively coupled between the seat assembly and floor. A drive mechanism coupled to the drive linkage actuates in a first direction causing the drive linkage to pivot the seat assembly about the lower axis from a seating position to an intermediate position whereat the drive linkage transfers pivotal movement of the seat assembly to the upper axis, thereby moving the seat assembly to the stowed position. The drive mechanism actuates in a second direction causing the drive linkage to pivot the seat assembly about the upper axis from the stowed position to the intermediate position whereat the drive linkage transfers pivotal movement of the seat assembly to the lower axis, thereby moving the seat assembly to the seating position. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090243324 | DUAL LATCH SECOND ROW DUMP AND TUMBLE SENT WITH OFFSETTING FREE PIVOT SEATBACK AND FLOOR LATCHES - An improved seat assembly in which the first and second pairs of seatback and floor mounted latches associated with first and second sides of prior dump and tumble assemblies are substituted by an improved design incorporating a single reinforced lock and release seatback latch and either a single or pair of floor latches arranged on opposite sides of the seat. Additional supports include a free pivoting and secondary seatback latch, as well as an optional floor supported riser assembly in lieu of the second floor latch and which are positioned at alternating inboard/outboard seatback and floor locations of the seat assembly. In cooperation with the redesigned fully functional latches, the free pivot seatback and optional floor riser latches provide a cost advantageous design exhibiting reduced part count. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090256379 | VEHICULAR SEAT DEVICE - A vehicular seat device assumes, as seat arrangements, a seating state and in which an occupant can sit, an entry/exit state in which the seat cushion ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090322115 | Slide/Swing-Up Type Automobile Seat - A slide/flip-up type automobile-seat is disclosed. The seat is provided with lock-release restricting mechanisms provided at lower rail members of a slide rail mechanism for keeping slide lock levers in unlockable states with respect to the lower rail members during flipping-up movement of an entire seat or in a state where the entire seat has been flipped up, and for keeping striker locks in states of being unallowable to be unlocked when the lock levers are in states of incompletely locked with respect to the lower rail members. Each of the lock-release mechanisms includes a restricting arm which includes an arm body, a rising-up piece rising up from one end portion of the arm body and having a height reaching a position under a rear end portion of corresponding one of the lock levers, and a retaining piece which is provided at a side edge of the arm body and to which a corresponding one of extension rods extending from the striker locks is connected. The restricting arm is pivotally supported to a corresponding lower rail member with the rising-up piece being inserted through an elongated hole formed in the lower rail member, in such a manner that the rising-up piece is moved between the position just under the rear end portion of the lock lever and a position just behind the rear end portion of the lock lever according to forward and rearward strokes of the extension rod when the striker lock is unlocked and locked. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100007166 | VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY - A vehicle seat assembly that elevates and rotates to enhance passenger seat access is disclosed. The vehicle seat assembly includes a seat and a plurality of links pivotally coupled to a lower surface of the seat at one end of each of the links and pivotally mounted with respect to a vehicle floor at the opposite end of each of the links. A motor may be used to drive at least one link to actuate the seat. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100026033 | Fold Flat Seat Assembly with Drive Link - A seat assembly is provided for supporting an occupant above a floor in an automotive vehicle. The seat assembly includes a seat cushion that is adapted to be pivotally coupled to the floor for movement between a raised position spaced above the floor and a lowered position adjacent the floor. The seat assembly also includes a seat back that is adapted to be pivotally coupled to the floor for movement between an upright position and a folded position overlying the seat cushion. At least one drive link extends between a first end pivotally coupled to the seat back and a second end pivotally and slidably coupled to the seat cushion for automatically moving the seat cushion between the raised and lowered positions in response to pivoting the seat back between the upright and folded positions thereby defining a seating position and a stowed position of the seat assembly. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100072772 | SEAT ASSEMBLY HAVING A SWITCH AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A seat assembly and a method of control. The seat assembly includes a power recliner assembly that allows a seat back to pivot with respect to a seat bottom. The power recliner assembly includes a motor for rotating a recliner mechanism. A switch assembly is electrically coupled to the motor and disables operation of the motor when in an open condition. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100102587 | ADJUSTABLE VEHICLE SEAT - An adjustable vehicle seat ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100213733 | Vehicle seat - Provided is a vehicle seat which is positionable between a use and not-it-use position convenient for increased storage space and access to rearward areas of the vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a seat part and a backrest. The seat part is pivotably coupled to the vehicle floor at one end so that that the seat part may be moved frontward with respect to the vehicle. A transmission link is provided, coupled to the backrest and the seat part so that the backrest pivots into the not-in-use position as the seat part is moved into its not-in-use position. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100253110 | VEHICLE SEAT DEVICE - A vehicle seat device is designed to perform tilt adjustment of a seat cushion in a construction which is high in rigidity, downsized and high in the quality of external appearance. The device comprises rotational links; floor attached front brackets and front swing links which make couplings between first joint portions of the rotational links and upper rails; flank brackets coupled to the rotational links at front portion thereof; floor attached rear brackets and rear swing links which make couplings between rear portions of the flank brackets and the upper rails; a front drive device secured to one of the flank brackets for rotationally driving the rotational links; and cushion frames coupled to the flank brackets and second joint portions of the rotational links respectively at rear portions and front portions thereof. The second joint portions and the cushion frames are coupled to respective both ends of cushion frame swing links. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100308619 | MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - A folding seat arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a first carrying structure ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110062737 | MOTOR VEHICLE REAR SEAT - A rear seat for a motor vehicle with a seat part and a backrest which is upright in a seating position and folded down in a loading position, and in the loading position increases the loading space floor with its rear side facing a loading space of the motor vehicle is provided. The seat part is connected with at least one electromotive drive for translatorily adjusting and/or folding down the seat part from the seating position into the loading position and for translatorily returning and/or folding back the seat part from the loading position into the seating position. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20150137548 | WHEELCHAIR WITH USER CONTROLLED TILT MECHANISM - A manual wheelchair having a tilt mechanism that allows a user positioned on the wheelchair to control the tilt angle of the wheelchair seat. The manual wheelchair has a base frame with arm rests that are fixed in position with respect to the base frame. The tilt mechanism includes a controller that is affixed to the manual wheelchair at a location proximate to one of the arm rests within the ready reach of the user and which can be manipulated by the user without assistance from a caregiver to allow the seat of the manual wheelchair to freely pivot about a pivot point such that the user can locate the seat at a desired tilt angle by pushing or pulling on the arm rest. A further manipulation of the controller allows the user to lock the seat in the desired tilt angle and remain in that angle. | 05-21-2015 |
| 296650090 | Including hinged backrest | 36 |
| 20080197653 | Pivot and Stow Seating - A method is disclosed for stowing a bench seat or a segment of a bench seat into the floor of a vehicle. The steps include folding the backrest onto the seat base. The seat is then tilted upwards about an axis aligned with one side end of the seat to place the seat in a raised position. The raised seat is then rotated about a vertical axis until the seat is aligned for pivoting into the seat stowage compartment. The seat is then pivoted downwards into the stowage compartment. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080238125 | VEHICLE REAR SEAT - An automotive vehicle includes a floor, an outboard seat and an inboard seat. The floor extends transversely between opposite sides of the vehicle. The outboard seat and inboard seat are arranged in a transversely extending row along the floor of the vehicle, wherein the inboard seat is disposed at an inboard position and the outboard seat is disposed at an outboard position. The inboard seat is slidably coupled to the floor for transverse sliding movement between the inboard and outboard positions. The outboard seat is tiltable to accommodate displacement of the inboard seat between the inboard and outboard positions. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080315609 | ATTACHING STRUCTURE OF SPLIT TYPE SEAT BACK FOR VEHICLE - A pair of seat backs are arranged in a vehicle width direction. A pair of floor brackets attach outer end portions of the seat backs in the vehicle width direction to a floor of the vehicle. A pair of center hinge brackets attach inner end portions of the seat backs in the vehicle width direction to the floor. A supporting bar is separated from the floor, is extended in the vehicle width direction and is disposed behind the seat backs. The seat backs are independently pivotably attached to the floor. Both end portions of the supporting bar in the vehicle width direction are attached to the floor brackets. A center portion of the supporting bar in the vehicle width direction is attached to the center hinge brackets. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090102223 | LEG COVERING STRUCTURE FOR FOLDING SEAT - A folding seat | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090115217 | VEHICLE SEAT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VEHICLE SEAT - Disclosed is a vehicle rear seat whose seat back is foldable forwardly, comprising a seat back frame, a seat cushion frame, and a unit connected to the seat back frame and the seat cushion frame. The unit connected to the seat cushion frame comprises a pair of bases to be fixed to the vehicle body, an arm to be secured to the seat back frame, a hinge to connect the arm pivotally to one of the pair of bases, and a connecting bracket for connecting the base and the hinge. This configuration accomplishes shortened design time for vehicle seats with numerous variations. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090152888 | Fold Flat Seat Assembly - A seat assembly has a seat cushion pivotally supported by a pair of front support links for movement between a seating position for supporting a seat occupant and a stowed position. A seat back is pivotally supported by a pair of recliner mechanism for movement between an upright position and a stowed position. The seat cushion moves from the seating position to the stowed position in response to pivotal movement of the seat back from the upright position to the stowed position. A J-link extends between the seat back and the front support links. A torsion spring biases the seat cushion to the stowed position. A control cable operatively couples the seat back and the seat cushion. A pair of support legs automatically deploy as the seat cushion rotates to the stowed position. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090152889 | Apparatus for locking double-folding seat for vehicles - An apparatus for locking a double-folding seat for vehicles includes a latch plate, a guide unit, a release lever unit and a locking pin. The latch plate has a locking notch therein and is fastened to a seat frame. The guide unit is fitted over a folding shaft of the seat frame at a position spaced apart from the latch plate. The release lever unit is provided on the folding shaft so as to be rotatable. The locking pin is elastically connected to the release lever unit such that the locking pin is locked to the locking notch of the latch plate when the seat frame is folded. Furthermore, when the release lever unit is rotated, the release lever unit pushes the locking pin, so that the locking of the locking pin to the locking notch of the latch plate is released. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090184536 | ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE WITH FOLDING REAR SEAT AND ENCLOSED CONTAINER COMPARTMENT - An all-terrain vehicle has a cargo deck provided above rear wheels and a folding rear seat disposed on a front portion of the cargo deck. A seating surface covers an opening portion of an article storage area when the seating surface is set to allow an occupant to be seated on the seating surface. A backrest is rotated forward about rear rotation axes to cover the opening portion when the seating surface is rotated forward about the front rotation axes, thereby covering the opening portion of the article storage area. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184537 | ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE WITH FRONT AND REAR SEATS - An all-terrain vehicle has a folding rear seat. The rear seat has a seating surface disposed between a pair of tire houses, a backrest disposed in a vehicle lateral direction at the rear of a front end portion of the seating surface, and a partition wall coupled with the backrest to define a front wall of the cargo deck. A lower end portion of the backrest supported to be rotatable forward with respect to the all-terrain vehicle about lower rotation axes arranged in the vehicle lateral direction. A partition wall is supported to be rotatable forward with respect to the all-terrain vehicle about upper rotation axes located above the lower rotation axes. The upper rotation axes are rotatably supported by the backrest. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090243325 | Vehicle Seat Assembly And Method For Use Thereof - A seat row assembly is provided, having a first rail and a first seat movably connected to the first rail. A second seat is moveable between a first position and a second position, such that the second seat in its second position does not occupy the same space as in its first position. The first seat is configured to selectively move from a first position into a second position, in which it occupies space occupied by the second seat in its respective first configuration. A second rail, perpendicular to the first rail, is movably connected to the first rail such that the first seat is selectively movable along both the first rail and the second rail. The seats may be configured to fold to a collapsed configuration. A method of allowing access to a third row of seats in a vehicle having a second row of seats is also provided. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090295185 | Tip-Up/Dive-Down Type Reclining Seat for Vehicle - A vehicle seat is disclosed. The vehicle seat includes reclining lock mechanisms for releasably locking a seat back, a first releasing mechanism for unlocking the reclining lock mechanisms and causing the seat back to be brought to a condition where the seat back is allowed to be pivoted forward and rearward, the first releasing mechanism including a collapsible link bar member | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090302632 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat is provided. The vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion and a seatback. The seat cushion includes a seating part, a front leg which is rotatably attached to and supports the seating part at a front side, and a pair of left and right rear legs which support a rear side of the seating part. The seatback is provided to the rear side of the seat cushion so as to be capable of falling rearward. The front leg is rotatably attached to a vehicle floor. The rear legs are detachably attached to the vehicle floor. The vehicle seat is adapted to be arranged from a seating mode into at least three of a plurality of modes including a table mode, a rear seat enter/exit mode, a storage mode, a foot rest mode, a flat luggage compartment mode, a rearward facing child safety seat mode. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090302633 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat is provided. The vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion including a seating part, a front leg which is rotatably attached to the seating part at a front side, and rear legs which support a rear side of the seating part; and a seatback is provided rotatably to the rear side of the seat cushion. The front leg is rotatably attached to a vehicle floor, the rear legs are detachably attached to the vehicle floor, and the vehicle seat is adapted to be arranged into a seating mode and a storage mode. In the seating mode, the seatback is locked on the seat cushion in an upright state, and the rear legs are locked on the vehicle floor, and in the storage mode, the seat cushion is turned forward by unlocking the lock on the seatback and the locks on both of the rear legs. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100156133 | INTEGRATED CARRIER ASSEMBLY FOR A SEAT BACK OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A carrier assembly of a seat assembly for use in a motor vehicle allows for the efficient installation of the carrier assembly and several seat assembly accessories. The seat assembly has a seat back, a locking frame and a seat cushion. The carrier assembly includes an elongated base member extending along a longitudinal axis. A pair of outer hinge brackets are attached to the ends of the elongated base member. The seat back is pivotally mounted to the outer hinge brackets about a pivot axis that is spaced apart and parallel to said longitudinal axis of the elongated base member. A pair of floor brackets attached to the ends of the elongated base member secures the elongated base member to the floor of the motor vehicle. The carrier assembly is independent of the locking frame and the seat cushion. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156134 | CANTILEVERED SEAT FOR A VEHICLE - A pivotal vehicle-based seat for use in a passenger compartment is disclosed. The rear seat assembly is supported by a seat support that is attached to the rear bulkhead at a first end and to the bottom of the seat base at the second end. The seat support enables the seat base to pivot from a use position to a to a compact storage position. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100194134 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT AND MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - A motor vehicle is provided with a motor vehicle seat, a motor vehicle seat with a device and a device for adjusting a motor vehicle seat, more preferably of a motor vehicle back seat, with a seat cushion and with a backrest cushion, including, but not limited to a seat cushion holder on which the seat cushion of the motor vehicle seat is arranged. The device includes, but is not limited to a coupling device with means for transmitting a movement of the backrest cushion on to the seat cushion holder, so that folding of the backrest cushion in the direction of the seat cushion at least brings about one translation movement of the seat cushion holder away from the backrest cushion. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100207418 | VEHICLE SEAT - There is provided a vehicle seat having an increased number of kinds of seat arrangements. A vehicle seat includes a seat support part for rotatably supporting the rear side of a seat cushion, a seat back that is foldable over the seat cushion via a reclining mechanism, a stowage recess provided on the vehicle body floor side, a front leg provided in the front part of the seat cushion, a leg locking mechanism that engages and disengages the front leg with and from the vehicle body floor side, a link mechanism connected to both the reclining mechanism and the leg locking mechanism, and a strap that operates the reclining mechanism and the leg locking mechanism via the link mechanism, and further includes a seat arrangement selective mechanism for enabling or disabling the operation of the reclining mechanism. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100213734 | STOWABLE SEAT - A motor vehicle seat comprises a backrest ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100230986 | Folding Head Restraint - A seat assembly is provided that has a head restraint pivotally mounted to the seat back for movement between an operative position and a stowed position. The seat assembly has a seat mounting assembly that comprises at least one floor latch assembly. The floor latch assembly is operable between a latched position locking the seat assembly to the floor and a released position allowing the pivotal movement of the seat assembly to a folded position. The floor latch assembly is operatively coupled to the head restraint to release the head restraint from the operative position when the floor latch assembly is in the released position and prevent the head restraint from being locked in the operative position until the floor latch assembly is back in the latched position. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110049925 | FOLD AND TUMBLE RELEASE MECHANISM FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A fold and tumble mechanism is provided for use with a vehicle seat. The seat may include a seat bottom and a seat back. A latch may be provided for coupling the seat to a vehicle body. The fold and tumble mechanism includes a recliner mechanism adapted to pivotally mount the seat back to the seat bottom. The recliner mechanism is associated with a recliner release lever. The recliner release lever may release the recliner mechanism to allow the seat back to pivot. A fold and tumble release lever moves the recliner release lever. The fold and tumble release lever includes a cam to engage the recliner release lever. The fold and tumble release lever further operates to unlatch the latch. The cam may include a dwell surface to allow the further movement of the fold and tumble release lever after the recliner mechanism has been released. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110062738 | VEHICLE SEAT - The invention relates to a vehicle seat ( | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110156433 | PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, the vehicle comprising a chassis, the chassis supporting a front seat, a rear seat, a screen formation, and a bottom plate of the cargo bed, wherein the pick-up style utility vehicle is capable to change a normal state in which the rear seat is situated on the bottom plate and an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded into a free space formed by shunting the rear seat from the top of the bottom plate, wherein the pick-up style utility vehicle comprises a screen formation between the cargo bed in the normal state and the rear seat, and comprises two screen formation divisions as a double door, and each of the screen formation division being supported rotatably around the vertical shaft by the chassis, wherein in the normal state, the two screen formation divisions closing the front of the cargo bed configure a screen in the normal state, the screen in the normal state separating between the rear seat and the cargo bed, wherein in the expanded state, the two screen formation divisions which open the front of the cargo bed configure expanded side plates in the cargo bed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110204670 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat has a seatback movable between an upright position and a horizontal position, a seat bottom movable between a use position perpendicular to the seatback and a stowage position parallel to the seatback, and a lock mechanism for holding the seat bottom at the stowage position when the seat bottom is moved to the stowage position. When the seatback is moved to the horizontal position, the vehicle seat has a dive-down state where the seatback and the seat bottom are stacked on top of the other. The seat bottom has a detection lever that, when the seat bottom becomes the dive-down state, comes into contact with a floor panel and is displaced. In the lock mechanism, when the detection lever is displaced, the function of holding the seat bottom at the stowage position becomes ineffective. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110260490 | FOLDING SEAT SYSTEM - A folding seat system for use with a vehicle includes, but is not limited to, a seat body including a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back is rotatably mounted to the seat bottom such that the seat back can be folded over the seat bottom. A hinge is connected to the seat body and is configured to attach to the vehicle. The hinge is further configured to permit the seat body to rotate approximately 180° in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle between a forward position and a storage position when the seat back is folded over the seat bottom. A biasing member biases the seat body towards the storage position when the seat body is in the forward position. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110266824 | STOWABLE CHILD SEAT FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES - A child seat mount assembly, a seat for mounting a child seat, and a passenger vehicle having a stowable child seat are provided. A seat back is connected to the body for closing an access opening to a storage compartment and seating an occupant in an upright position, and for opening the access opening in a collapsed position. A child seat mounting plate is connected to the seat back such that the mounting plate and child seat extend into the storage compartment in the upright position of the seat back, and such that the child seat is in a seating position in the collapsed position of the seat back. A method is provided for converting a vehicle seat for receiving and storing a child seat in the storage compartment, and for deploying a child seat in the collapsed position of the seat back. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120007380 | VEHICULAR SEATING SYSTEM - A vehicular seating system includes a seat cushion pivotably attached to a support structure, with the said seat cushion having a stowed position and a deployed position. A base latch selectively secures the seat cushion in its deployed position. A seatback is hinged to the seat cushion, with the seatback having a folded position and an unfolded position. A base latch interlock is configured to permit the base latch to release only when the seatback is in its stowed, folded position. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120200109 | VEHICLE BODY REAR STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a vehicle body rear structure in which a rear wheelhouse inner panel ( | 08-09-2012 |
| 20130147227 | STOWABLE SEAT ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE - A stowable seat arrangement can include a seat having a seat back pivotably coupled to a seat bottom. A pair of front and rear legs can be pivotably coupled to the seat bottom. A first floor panel can be fixed to the pair of front legs. An access panel can be pivotably coupled to the vehicle and the front legs. The seat can selectively articulate from a deployed to a stowed position where the seat is adapted to be received in a stowage recess of the vehicle. The articulation of the seat can automatically open the access panel to provide access to the recess and then close the access panel upon the seat being in the stowed position. The first floor panel can automatically move to a substantially horizontal position relative to a vehicle floor to provide a flat load floor configuration when the seat is in the stowed position. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130154299 | STOWABLE SEAT ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE - A stowable seat arrangement can include a seat having a seat back coupled to a seat bottom. A pair of front and rear legs can be pivotably coupled to the seat bottom. A floor panel can be fixed to the seat back. A stowage recess cover can be pivotably coupled to the vehicle and the front legs. The seat can be configured to selectively articulate from a deployed position to a stowed position where the seat can be received in a vehicle stowage recess. Pivotably raising the cover can automatically begin articulation of the seat from the deployed position to the stowed position. The floor panel can be in spaced relation to the floor when the seat is in the deployed position and can automatically move to a position in engagement with the floor to provide a flat load floor configuration when the seat is in the stowed position. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130207411 | STOWABLE VEHICLE SEAT - A stowable seat can include a seat back having an upper end, an opposite lower end and a seating side, a seat bottom having a forward end, a rearward end and a seating side, and a linkage arrangement. The linkage arrangement can include a first member pivotably coupled to the seat bottom and a vehicle support structure, a second member pivotably coupled to the seat bottom and the support structure, a third member fixed to the seat back and pivotably coupled to the support structure, and a fourth member pivotably coupled to the second member and the third member. The linkage arrangement can facilitate suspending the seat bottom in a seating position from the support structure in spaced relation to the floor; rotating the seat bottom to a stadium position; and rotating the seat back and articulating the seat bottom to a stowed position. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130300145 | SEAT FRAME AND STOWABLE VEHICLE SEAT WITH THE SAME - Provided are a seat frame and a stowable vehicle seat which enables high assembling work efficiency and easy stowing operation. There are provided a reclining mechanism, a seat slide mechanism which slides a seat bottom frame, a slide lock mechanism which prohibits or allows the operation of the seat slide mechanism in cooperation with the reclining mechanism, a striker lock mechanism, and an assist mechanism which assists an operation of stowing and returning a stowable vehicle seat. The seat slide mechanism includes a lower rail, an upper rail, and a slide biasing member which automatically slides the upper rail in cooperation with a tilting movement of a seat back frame to a predetermined angle upon stowage of the stowable vehicle seat. The seat slide mechanism and the slide lock mechanism are mounted to the seat bottom frame. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140015273 | VEHICLE SEAT HOUSING APPARATUS - A vehicle seat housing apparatus wherein a seat is swung back from a seatable position by a support mechanism and housed in a housing recess part such that the bottom is oriented upward, the housing recess part is formed on the floor behind the seat. The support mechanism includes a first support member, a second support member, a coupling shaft, and a folding mechanism. The first support member extends from either the floor or the housing recess part. The second support member extends from the bottom surface of the seat to the first support member. The coupling shaft couples the second support member to the first support member so as to allow back and forth swinging movement. The folding mechanism, when the seat is housed in the housing recess part, folds the first and second support members in a direction eliminating protrusion to the passenger compartment from the floor. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140306479 | Tip-Up/Dive-Down Type Reclining Seat for Vehicle - A vehicle seat is disclosed. The vehicle seat includes reclining lock mechanisms for releasably locking a seat back, a first releasing mechanism for unlocking the reclining lock mechanisms and causing the seat back to be brought to a condition where the seat back is allowed to be pivoted forward and rearward, the first releasing mechanism including a collapsible link bar member | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150028618 | SEAT LOCK APPARATUS - A seat lock apparatus includes a case member having a striker entrance groove and a hook lever that is provided rotatably via a hook shaft and is movable between an opening position and a restraining position where the hook lever closes an opening in a striker entrance groove. The apparatus is configured to position the hook lever in the restraining position while positioning the striker in the striker entrance groove when a seatback is erected. The striker entrance groove is formed such that when the striker enters the striker entrance groove and abuts against the hook lever positioned in the restraining position, only a portion of the case member, which is positioned closer to a central side of the seatback than the hook lever is in an axial direction of the hook shaft, is brought into abutment with the striker. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150329019 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat compactly stowed in a stowed state while suppressing contact between pivot links. A stowable seat includes an inner link, an outer link, and a guide link coupled to a seat cushion of the seat, the links are pivoted with respect to a vehicle body floor in order to move the seat cushion to a stowed position. The inner link, the outer link, and the guide link are arranged at positions different from each other in the width direction of the seat so that contact between the pivot links is suppressed. Further, the guide link is arranged at a position different from the inner link and the outer link in the front to back direction of the seat so that the seat can be compactly stowed. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150336478 | RECLINING STRUCTURE OF VEHICULAR SEAT - A reclining structure of a vehicular seat is provided with: a coupling shaft configured to couple a seat back to a vehicle main body; a slide rail provided at a side part of the vehicle main body and having a curved guide shape; a slider mounted to the slide rail; an attaching and detaching mechanism configured to detachably engage the slider and the seat back with each other; and a slide lock mechanism configured to lock movement of the slider. The slide lock mechanism is provided with: a lock member guided by and mounted to the slider to be slidable in a diametrical direction; a cam member mounted to the slider to straightly push out the lock member in the diametrical direction; and a lock teeth having a teeth face arranged to face in the diametrical direction along the guide shape of the slide rail. | 11-26-2015 |
