Lowerable seat mount
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
A seat support system including a seat mount having multiple segments movable relative to each other between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration. The multiple segments include a first segment attached to a floor of a vehicle and a second segment connected to the first segment. A linear actuator is connected to the second segment and movable from a retracted position to an extended position to move the multiple segments from the raised configuration to the lowered configuration.
Claims20
A seat support system, comprising:
- a seat mount having multiple segments movable relative to each other between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration, the multiple segments including:
- a first segment attached to a floor of a vehicle;
- and
- a second segment connected to the first segment;
- and
- a linear actuator connected to the second segment and movable from a retracted position to an extended position to move the multiple segments from the raised configuration to the lowered configuration, the linear actuator being a pyrotechnic device.
A seat support system, comprising:
- a seat mount having multiple segments movable relative to each other between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration, the multiple segments including:
- a first segment attached to a floor of a vehicle;
- a second segment connected to the first segment;
- and
- a third segment coupled between the first segment and the second segment;
- a linear actuator connected to the second segment and movable from a retracted position to an extended position to move the multiple segments from the raised configuration to the lowered configuration.
A seat support system, comprising:
- a seat mount having multiple segments movable relative to each other between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration, the multiple segments including:
- a first segment attached to a floor of a vehicle;
- and
- a second segment connected to the first segment;
- the multiple segments being angled relative to each other in the raised configuration and generally coplanar in the lowered configuration;
- and
- a linear actuator connected to the second segment and movable from a retracted position to an extended position to move the multiple segments from the raised configuration to the lowered configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.