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US 12,145,486 B2Granted
Stowable seat assemblies and vehicles including same
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsVasudeva S. Murthy, Christopher M. Vargo, Nicholas J. Schutzman
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Abstract
A vehicle including a floor surface and a seat. The floor surface has a floor striker. The seat is movable between a seated state and a stowed state. The seat includes a seat cushion frame, a sear back, and a seat latch. The seat cushion frame has a seat striker. The seat back is rotatably coupled to the seat cushion frame. In the seated positon, the seat latch engaged with the floor striker. In the stowed state, the seat latch engages with the seat striker.
Claims13
A vehicle comprising:
- a floor surface having a floor striker;
- a seat moveable between a seated state and a stowed state, the seat including a seat cushion frame having a seat striker, a seat back rotatably coupled to the seat cushion frame, and a seat latch, in the seated state the seat latch engages with the floor striker and in the stowed state the seat latch engages with the seat striker,
- wherein the seat striker is movably coupled to the seat cushion frame, the seat striker is configured to move with respect to the seat cushion frame between an engaged position and a disengaged position,
- wherein upon movement of the seat from the seated state to the stowed state, the seat latch contacts the seat striker to move the seat striker from the disengaged position to the engaged position.
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