Seat adjuster responsive to tilting of seat back

US4648657A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Atwood Vacuum Machine Company · US

Inventors

• David Cox · London, GB
• Thomas Marx · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 2, 1985
• Grant date: Mar 10, 1987
• Expiry date: Jul 2, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/123
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat adjuster mounts a vehicle seat for back and forth adjustment between different functional positions and is adapted to lock the seat in each selected position. When the seat back is tilted forwardly, the seat adjuster releases the seat to enable the seat to move fully forwardly to an entry position. A mechanical memory is incorporated in the seat adjuster and, when the seat is shifted rearwardly following forward movement to its entry position, the mechanical memory automatically stops the seat in its last-established functional position.