Seat assemblies having fixed frames and movable seat cushions and movable seat backs with power lumbar mechanisms, tilt mechanisms, and heating/cooling mechanisms
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsTodd Rupert Muck, Charles P. Patterson, Peter J. Moegling, Matthew R. Speck, Leon T. Toma
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Abstract
A kinetic seat assembly includes primary seat cushion frame, a secondary seat cushion frame movable relative to the primary seat cushion frame, a primary seat back frame, and a secondary seat back frame movable relative to the primary seat back frame. In embodiments, the secondary seat back frame includes a power lumbar mechanism. In embodiments at least one of the secondary seat cushion frame and the secondary seat back frame includes at least one of a cooling mechanism and a heating mechanism.
Claims6
A kinetic seat assembly comprising:
- a primary seat cushion frame including a pair of side members;
- a secondary seat cushion frame movable relative to the primary seat cushion frame;
- a tilt mechanism configured to tilt the secondary seat cushion frame relative to the primary seat cushion frame, the tilt mechanism mounted to the primary seat cushion frame and including a tilt bar, the tilt bar comprising:
- a tilt bar front portion;
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- a pair of tilt bar handles extending rearwardly in a kinetic seat longitudinal direction from opposite ends of the tilt bar front portion, a distal end of each tilt bar handle opposite the tilt bar front portion rotatably attached to a respective one of the side members of the primary seat cushion frame;
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- a front pivot mechanism rotatably coupling the primary seat cushion frame to the secondary seat cushion frame, the front pivot mechanism provided on the tilt bar front portion.
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