Deployable seat frame brace
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Abstract
A system includes a seat bottom having a seat bottom frame and a seatback having a seatback frame pivotably supported by the seat bottom frame. The system also includes a seat frame brace movable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The seat frame brace includes a back link having a first end portion and a second end portion coupled to the seatback frame. An actuator is coupled to the seat bottom frame and operative to move the first end portion in a seat rearward direction to position the seat frame brace in the deployed configuration.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a seat bottom having a seat bottom frame and a seatback having a seatback frame pivotably supported by the seat bottom frame;
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- a seat frame brace movable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, the seat frame brace including:
- a back link having a first end portion and a second end portion coupled to the seatback frame;
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- an actuator coupled to the seat bottom frame and operative to move the first end portion in a seat rearward direction to position the seat frame brace in the deployed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.