Articulating high latch for a seat
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsLes GRISWOLD, David L. Allen, Kenneth Ptak, Michael Laskowski
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Abstract
A method and a high latch for a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has a seatback pivotably coupled to a seat base and the seat base is coupled to a vehicle body having a vehicle wall. The high latch includes a hook carriage including a structural hook, with the hook carriage coupled to the seatback. A striker assembly including a striker arm is configured to selectively engage the structural hook, with the striker assembly coupled to the vehicle body. With the structural hook and striker arm engaged, the seatback will move with the striker assembly from the first position to a second position.
Claims9
A high latch for a vehicle seat, with the vehicle seat having a seat back pivotally coupled to a seat base and the seat base coupled to a vehicle body having a vehicle wall, the high latch comprising:
- a hook carriage including a structural hook, with the hook carriage coupled to the seat back;
- and
- a striker assembly including a striker arm configured to selectively engage the structural hook, with the striker assembly coupled to the vehicle body,
- wherein with the structural hook and striker arm engaged the seat back will move with the striker assembly from a first position to a second position;
- wherein the hook carriage comprises:
- a front support bracket;
- a back support bracket;
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- at least two fasteners coupled to the front and back support brackets to maintain the support brackets in a spaced apart relationship, and one fastener is coupled to the structural hook.
A vehicle seat coupled to a vehicle body having a vehicle wall, the vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat base coupled to the vehicle body;
- a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat base;
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- a high latch including a hook carriage having a structural hook, with the hook carriage coupled to the seat back and a striker assembly having a striker arm configured to selectively engage the structural hook, with the striker assembly coupled to the vehicle body, wherein with the structural hook and striker arm engaged the seat back will move with the striker assembly from a first position to a second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.