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US 10,300,811 B2Granted
Vehicle seat
AssigneeFaurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
InventorsJeffery T. Bonk, Dale J. Frye, Timothy L. Moulton, Jared A. Judson
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom and move relative to the seat bottom. The vehicle seat is coupled to a vehicle floor for movement relative to the vehicle floor between a use arrangement and a storage arrangement.
Claims7
A vehicle seat motion system for loading cargo, the vehicle seat motion system comprising
- a vehicle seat with a seat back and a seat bottom, wherein the seat bottom is adapted to be mounted to a track to slide along a vehicle floor and the seat back is adapted to pivot about the seat bottom;
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- powered means for rearranging the vehicle seat by sliding the seat bottom along the vehicle floor in response to an applied force that is applied to the seat back to allow for cargo storage in front of or behind the vehicle seat,
- wherein the powered means stops sliding the vehicle seat forward in response to the vehicle seat reaching a full-forward position and in response to the vehicle seat contacting an obstruction prior to reaching the full-forward position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.