Stowing vehicle seat with break link mechanism
AssigneeAtieva, Inc.
InventorsKailas Bade, Gurminder Rai, Jeff Carroll, David Williams
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A vehicle seat comprises: a cushion frame; a backrest frame; at least one main link extending between a first pivot at the cushion frame and a first fixed pivot to be mounted to a vehicle body of a vehicle, wherein the at least one main link is configured to support substantially an entire load on the vehicle seat; and a break link extending between a second pivot at the cushion frame and a second fixed pivot to be mounted to the vehicle body, the break link comprising first and second members joined to each other at a third pivot, wherein one of the first or second members has a pin that extends into an elongate slot on another of the first or second members.
Claims20
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a cushion frame;
- a backrest frame;
- at least one main link extending between a first pivot at the cushion frame and a first fixed pivot to be mounted to a vehicle body of a vehicle;
- and
- a break link extending between a second pivot at the cushion frame and a second fixed pivot to be mounted to the vehicle body, the break link comprising first and second members joined to each other at a third pivot, wherein one of the first or second members has a pin that extends into an elongate slot on another of the first or second members.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body, the vehicle body including a tub compartment;
- and
- a first seat including a cushion frame and a backrest frame, the first seat mounted to the vehicle body by at least one first main link and a first break link, wherein the first seat is accommodated inside the tub compartment by being folded rearward from a use position into a stowed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.