Remote release seat with damped forward folding

A seat back for a vehicle, comprising:

• a seat back frame that pivots about an axis;
• a torsion spring operatively connected to the seat back to exert a biasing force on the seat back frame;
• a latch that holds the seat back in a seating position;
• a cable release mechanism that is operated to release the latch;
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• a damper operatively connected between the seat back and the torsion spring to limit a speed that the torsion spring moves the seat back to a folded forward position, wherein the damper is a cylinder that is filled with a fluid.

A rear seat for a vehicle, comprising:

• a seat back split into at least two portions that are transversely aligned in a cross-vehicle direction, wherein the at least two portions of the seat back are each selectively movable between a seating position and a folded position;
• a pin connected in a fixed relationship with a first portion of the seat back, and wherein the pin is detachable from a second portion of the seat back to allow the first portion of the seat to be placed in the folded position without placing the second portion in the folded position;
• at least two torsion springs with one of the torsion springs being connected to each of the portions of the seat back, and wherein each of the torsion springs is operative to bias one of the portions of the seat back toward the folded position;
• at least two latches with each being connected to one of the at least two portions to retain that portion of the seat back in the seating position;
• a release mechanism operatively connected to at least one of the latches to release at least one latch when the rear seat is to be shifted to the folded position;
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• a damper operatively connected between at least one of the portions of the seat back and one of the torsion springs to limit a speed that one of the at least two portions of the seat back is shifted from the seating position to the folded position, wherein the pin is released from the first portion of the seat when one portion of the seat back is placed in the folded position and the pin is retained by the second portion, wherein the damper is operatively connected to the second portion of the seat to limit a speed that the second portion of the seat back is shifted from the seating position to the folded position.