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Walk-in memory apparatus for automobile seat

US7971920B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 2008
Grant dateJul 5, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2/123
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A walk-in memory apparatus for an automobile seat locks the seat on a body only after the seat moves past a preset reference point when the seat, moved forwards with a seat back folded up by a seat walk-in apparatus, moves backwards with the seat back unfolded. The walk-in memory apparatus causes the entire seat to move forwards along tracks in an unlocked state when the seat back is folded up. The seat includes a track memory unit which, when the seat moves backwards with the seat back unfolded, causes the seat to be unlocked from the track when the stopper bracket is located ahead of a reference stopper and to be locked on the track when the stopper bracket is located behind the reference stopper.

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