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US 2011/0298262 A1Published application
Vehicle seat assembly
Assignee89908, Inc., Dba Amp Research
InventorsHorst Leitner, Bernard Leitner
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Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly that elevates and rotates to enhance passenger seat access is disclosed. The vehicle seat assembly includes a seat and a plurality of links pivotally coupled to a lower surface of the seat at one end of each of the links and pivotally mounted with respect to a vehicle floor at the opposite end of each of the links. A motor may be used to drive at least one link to actuate the seat.
Claims7
A seat assembly comprising:
- a seat having a seating surface;
- and
- a plurality of links;
- wherein each link is configured to be pivotally mounted with respect to a floor of a vehicle such that it rotates about an axis parallel to the floor and pivotally connected to the seat;
- and
- wherein said axes of adjacent links are nonparallel relative to each other.
3 more elements
The seat assembly of claim 2, wherein the plurality of links comprises four links.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.