US 12,662,031 B2Granted

Rear seat apparatus for vehicle

AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Das Co., Ltd

InventorsMu Young Kim, Hee Dong Choi, Soo Hyun Moon, Wan Su Park, Gil Ju Kim, Seok Ju Gim, Kyoung Su Oh, Jae Hong Bae, Dong Hyeon Kim, Yong Tak Han, Sung Wook Lee, Yong Sun Oh, Kyu Hee Lee

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Abstract

A rear seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a back frame and a cushion frame. The back frame is not interlocked with the cushion frame and is individually rotated in the forward-and-rearward direction independently of the cushion frame. The cushion frame is not interlocked with the back frame and individually slides in the forward-and-rearward direction independently of the back frame. A front seating state and a rear seating state of a passenger are implemented through individual sliding movement of the cushion frame in the forward-and-rearward direction.

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Dependent claims

A rear seat apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a pair of side frames spaced apart and fixedly coupled to a vehicle body;
a back frame fixedly coupled to a left side of one of the side frames and a right side of another of the side frames;
a pair of moving frames, wherein each of the moving frames is coupled to a corresponding one of the side frames and is configured to slide forwards and rearwards along the side frame;
and
a cushion frame coupled to the moving frame and configured to individually slide forwards and rearwards independently of the back frame,
wherein, when the cushion frame slides rearwards so as to protrude rearwards with respect to the back frame, the cushion frame is configured to receive a passenger to be seated toward a rear side.

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