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Remote release seat with damped forward folding

US9308840B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

10References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Lear Corporation · US

Inventors

Anton Stesl · Gaimersheim, DE
Christian Verweyst · Munich, DE
Frederic Chevallier · Ingolstadt, DE
Goeran Brkic · Freising, DE
Peter Wolf · Gaithersburg, US
Ralph Kuschmann · Gusterath, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2013
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 14, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2205/40
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat includes a seat base and a seat back that is connected to the seat base by a hinge mechanism for movement between a seating position and a folded forward position. The seat back closes an opening between the passenger compartment and the trunk compartment in the seating position and uncovers the opening in the folded forward position. A spring is operatively connected to the seat back to bias the seat back to the folded forward position. A damper is connected to the seat back that limits the speed that the seat back is folded forward as a result of the biasing force exerted by the spring on the seat back.

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