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US 11,377,053 B2Granted
Extended slide vehicle seat with low profile adjustment control
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsHamshivraj Singh Dhamrat, Lindsay A. Babian, Shelby Sutton-Brown
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle that includes a vehicle seat with a backrest, a cushion, a sliding rail, and a seat mount coupled to the sliding rail. A recline control handle positioned on the side of the seat includes a rotation axis parallel to a lateral axis of the vehicle. A slide control handle positioned on the side of the seat includes a rotation axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and a recess configured to receive at least a portion of the slide control handle in both a first orientation and a second orientation.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle seat comprising:
- a backrest;
- a cushion;
- a wiring harness capable of providing electrical power to one or more vehicle seat accessories;
- at least one sliding rail comprising at least one electrical contact;
- at least one seat mount coupled to the at least one sliding rail,
- wherein when a rail lock of the at least one seat mount is released, the vehicle seat including the at least one seat mount is configured to slide forward or backward along the at least one sliding rail,
- wherein the seat mount is configured to provide electrical power to the wiring harness when the seat mount is positioned in contact with the at least one electrical contact;
- and
- a recline control positioned on a lateral side of the vehicle seat and configured to control an orientation of the backrest relative to the cushion, the recline control comprising:
- a pivot pin comprising a rotation axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle;
- a recline control handle coupled to the pivot pin,
- wherein the recline control handle is configured to rotate around the pivot pin from a first orientation to a second orientation;
- and
- a recess disposed within the lateral side of the cushion and configured to receive at least a portion of the recline control handle in both the first orientation and the second orientation,
- wherein the recline control is configured to, in the first orientation, prevent the backrest from varying between a generally upright position and a backward-leaning position and, in the second orientation, permit the backrest to vary between a generally upright position and a backward-leaning position.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle seat comprising:
- a backrest;
- a cushion;
- at least one sliding rail;
- at least one seat mount coupled to the at least one sliding rail,
- wherein when a rail lock of the at least one seat mount is released, the vehicle seat including the rail lock is configured to slide forward or backward along the at least one sliding rail,
- a recline control positioned on a lateral side of the vehicle seat and configured to control an orientation of the backrest relative to the cushion, the recline control comprising:
- a first pivot pin comprising a rotation axis parallel to a lateral axis of the vehicle;
- a recline control handle coupled to the first pivot pin,
- wherein the recline control handle is configured to rotate around the first pivot pin from a first recline control orientation to a second recline control orientation;
- and
- a slide control positioned on the lateral side of the cushion below the recline control, the slide control comprising:
- a second pivot pin comprising a rotation axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle;
- a slide control handle coupled to the second pivot pin,
- wherein the slide control handle is configured to rotate around the second pivot pin from a first slide control orientation to a second slide control orientation;
- and
- a recess disposed within the lateral side of the cushion and configured to receive at least a portion of the slide control handle in both the first slide control orientation and the second slide control orientation,
- wherein the slide control handle is configured to engage the rail lock in the first slide control orientation and release the rail lock in the second slide control orientation.
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A system comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a vehicle seat positioned within the vehicle, the vehicle seat comprising;
- a backrest;
- a cushion;
- at least one sliding rail;
- at least one seat mount coupled to the at least one sliding rail,
- wherein when a rail lock of the at least one seat mount is released, the vehicle seat including the at least one seat mount is configured to slide forward or backward along the at least one sliding rail;
- a recline control positioned on a lateral side of the vehicle seat and configured to control an orientation of the backrest relative to the cushion, the recline control comprising:
- a first pivot pin comprising a rotation axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle;
- a recline control handle coupled to the first pivot pin,
- wherein the recline control handle is configured to rotate around the first pivot pin from a first recline control orientation to a second recline control orientation;
- a first recess disposed within the lateral side of the cushion and configured to receive at least a portion of the recline control handle in both the first recline control orientation and the second recline control orientation;
- and
- a slide control positioned on the lateral side of the vehicle seat below the recline control, the slide control comprising:
- a second pivot pin comprising a rotation axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle;
- a slide control handle coupled to the second pivot pin,
- wherein the slide control handle is configured to rotate around the second pivot pin from a first slide control orientation to a second slide control orientation;
- and
- a second recess disposed within the lateral side of the vehicle seat and configured to receive at least a portion of the slide control handle in both the first slide control orientation and the second slide control orientation,
- wherein the slide control handle is configured to engage the rail lock in the first slide control orientation and release the rail lock in the second slide control orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.