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US 10,421,382 B2Granted
Vehicle seat assemblies
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJosh Zheng, Qingsong Ma, Bob Wang, Laurence Yin, Sophie Yan
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Abstract
A seat for a vehicle is provided. The seat comprises a lock device having an unlocked position and a locked position and an unlock groove disposed on a seat back. The unlock groove is in communication with the lock device and configured to receive a tongue of a seatbelt, and the lock device is unlocked when the tongue is inserted into the unlock groove.
Claims18
A seat for a vehicle, comprising:
- a seat belt;
- a tongue provided on the seat belt and moveable along the seat belt;
- a lock device having an unlocked position and a locked position and configured to retain the tongue, wherein at the unlocked position, the seat is enabled to pivot to a folded position, and at the locked position, the seat is fixed at a use position;
- an unlock groove disposed on a seat back, wherein the unlock groove is in communication with the lock device, and the unlock groove is configured to receive the tongue of the seat belt, and wherein the lock device is triggered to the unlocked position and the tongue is retained in the unlock groove when the tongue is inserted into the unlock groove.
1 more element
A vehicle seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat;
- a lock device, wherein the seat is pivotably connected to a vehicle body via the lock device;
- a seat belt for the seat, wherein the seat belt is connected to the vehicle body;
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- a tongue movably connected to the seat belt;
- wherein the seat includes an unlock groove to receive the tongue, and the lock device is configured to be triggered to an unlocked position upon insertion of the tongue such that the seat is pivotable about the vehicle body and the tongue is retained in the lock device at the unlocked position such that the seat belt is fixed to the seat.
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A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a lock device including a striker and a lock body, wherein the strike is fixed on a vehicle body and the lock body is disposed in a seat back and pivotable about an axis to engage or disengage the striker fixed on the vehicle body;
- an unlock groove disposed on the seat back to receive a tongue of a seat belt, wherein the unlock groove is in communication with the lock device;
- wherein, when the tongue is inserted into the unlock groove, the lock body pivots to disengage the striker such that the vehicle seat is pivotable to a folded position, and
- wherein the lock body includes a clamp portion, and wherein the clamp portion has a hook adapted to retain the tongue when the tongue is inserted into the unlock groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.