Vehicle seat assembly and actuator system for same

An actuator system for a vehicle seat for allowing at least one of movement of a seat back with respect to a seat base and movement of a seat base with respect to a vehicle floor, the system comprising:

• a first input lever mounted to the vehicle seat;
• a second input lever mounted to the vehicle seat;
• an actuator;
• a latching mechanism for latching the seat back with respect to the seat base or for latching the seat base with respect to the vehicle floor, the latching mechanism being operably connected with the actuator;
• a first cable operatively connecting the first input lever and the second input lever, wherein movement of the first input lever in a first releasing direction results in movement of the actuator in an unlatching direction, wherein movement of the second input lever in a second releasing direction results in movement of the actuator in the unlatching direction while not resulting in movement of the first input lever;
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• a second cable operatively connecting the second input lever with the actuator,
• wherein the first cable connects with both the first input lever and the second input lever each via a respective slip joint;
• wherein each input lever is pivotally mounted to the vehicle seat;
• wherein the first input lever mounts to the seat base and the second input lever mounts to the seat back.

A vehicle seat assembly comprising:

• a seat back;
• a seat base pivotally connected with the seat back and mounted to a vehicle floor;
• a first input lever pivotally connected with the seat base;
• a second input lever pivotally connected with the seat back;
• an actuator;
• a latching mechanism for latching the seat back with respect to the seat base or for latching the seat base with respect to the vehicle floor, the latching mechanism being operably connected with the actuator;
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• a first and second cables, the first cable connecting the first input lever with the second input lever, the second cable connecting the second input lever with the actuator, wherein movement of the first input lever in a first releasing direction results in the first cable pulling the second input lever which pulls the second cable to move the actuator in an unlatching direction, wherein movement of the second input lever in a second releasing direction pulls the second cable which results in movement of the actuator in the unlatching direction.