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US 2020/0391631 A1Published application
Vehicle seat
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMangesh Kadam, Yuqin Zhao, Srinivas Reddy Malapati
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Abstract
An assembly includes a seat bottom including a panel pivotable from a first position to a second position. The assembly includes a track supported by the seat bottom. The assembly includes a spring in the track and urging the panel toward the second position. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic actuator maintaining the spring in compression and actuatable to release the spring.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- a seat bottom including a panel pivotable from a first position to a second position;
- a track supported by the seat bottom;
- a spring in the track and urging the panel toward the second position;
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- a pyrotechnic actuator maintaining the spring in compression and actuatable to release the spring.
2 more elements
An assembly, comprising:
- a seat bottom including a panel pivotable about a longitudinal axis from a first position to a second position;
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- an actuator maintaining the panel in the first position and actuatable to release the panel to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.