Cinch/lock of leg to ensure engagement

US7784860B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intier Automotive Inc · CA

Inventors

• David M. Schacht · New Castle, US
• Lei Cao · 龙王头村, CN
• Matthew J. McLaughlin · St. Clair Shores, US
• Catherine A. DeVoss · Plymouth, US
• Thomas J. Domlovil · Sterling Heights, US
• Jeffrey P. Carroll · Beverly Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/3075
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat assembly for a motor vehicle includes a seat cushion and an output shaft rotatably coupled to the seat cushion. An actuator is fixedly coupled to the seat cushion and operatively coupled to the output shaft for rotatably driving the output shaft. A front leg is operably connected to the actuator for movement between a support position supporting the seat cushion and a retracted position folded underneath the seat cushion. A front latch is mounted on the front leg and is positioned to selectively engage a striker bar along a motor vehicle floor for maintaining the front leg in the support position. A link assembly extends between the output shaft and the front latch for selectively unlocking the front latch as the output shaft is rotatably driven by the actuator to drive the front leg between the retracted position and the support position.