Reclining vehicle seat with actuator and motor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGuillermo César Cervantes Guarneros, Alejandro Rosas Vazquez, Alfredo Guerrero Ortiz, Mario Garcia Lannoy
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Abstract
A reclining seat for a vehicle includes a seat and a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat. The reclining seat also includes an actuator for adjusting the inclination of the seat back relative to the seat. The actuator includes a lockable reclining mechanism, a motor for selectively unlocking the reclining mechanism and permitting manual adjustment of the inclination of the seat back, and an actuator switch electrically coupled to the motor for selectively energizing the motor.
Claims19
A reclining seat for a vehicle comprising:
- a seat;
- a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat;
- and
- an actuator for adjusting the inclination of the seat back relative to the seat and comprising:
- a lockable reclining mechanism;
- a servo motor for selectively unlocking the reclining mechanism and permitting manual adjustment of the inclination of the seat back;
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- a push button electrically coupled to the servo motor for selectively energizing the servo motor.
The reclining seat of claim 2, wherein the actuator includes two lockable reclining mechanisms disposed on opposite lateral sides of the reclining seat.
A vehicle seat actuator for adjusting the inclination of a seat back relative to a seat comprising:
- a lockable reclining mechanism;
- a motor for selectively unlocking the reclining mechanism and permitting manual adjustment of the inclination of the seat back;
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- an actuator switch electrically coupled to the motor for selectively energizing the motor.
An actuator for adjusting the inclination of a vehicle seat back relative to a seat bottom comprising:
- two lockable reclining mechanisms disposed on opposite lateral sides of the seat bottom and having a shaft extending therebetween;
- a motor coupled to the shaft for selectively unlocking the reclining mechanisms and permitting adjustment of the inclination of the seat back;
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- an actuator switch electrically coupled to the motor for selectively energizing the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.