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US 2018/0079334 A1Published application
Vehicle seat assemblies
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJosh Zheng, Qingsong Ma, Bob Wang, Laurence Yin, Sophie Yan
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Abstract
A seat for a vehicle is provided. The seat comprises a lock device having an unlocked position and a locked position and an unlock groove disposed on a seat back. The unlock groove is in communication with the lock device and configured to receive a tongue of a seatbelt, and the lock device is unlocked when the tongue is inserted into the unlock groove.
Claims19
A seat for a vehicle, comprising:
- a lock device having an unlocked position and a locked position, wherein at the unlocked position, the seat is enabled to pivot to a folded position, and at the locked position, the seat is fixed at a use position;
- an unlock groove disposed on a seat back, wherein the unlock groove is in communication with the lock device, and the unlock groove is configured to receive a tongue of a seatbelt, and wherein the lock device is triggered to the unlocked position when the tongue is inserted into the unlock groove.
A vehicle seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat;
- a lock device, wherein the seat is pivotably connected to a vehicle body via the lock device;
- a seatbelt for the seat, wherein the seatbelt is connected to the vehicle body and includes a tongue movably connected to the seatbelt;
- wherein the seat includes an unlock groove to receive the tongue, and the lock device is configured to be triggered to an unlocked position upon insertion of the tongue such that the seat is pivotable about the vehicle body.
1 more element
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a lock device having a lock body pivotable about an axis to engage or disengage a striker fixed on the vehicle body;
- an unlock groove disposed on a seat back to receive a tongue of a seat belt, wherein the unlock groove is in communication with the lock device;
- wherein, when the tongue is inserted into the unlock groove, the lock body pivot to disengage the striker such that the seat is pivotable to a folded position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.