US 11,731,537 B2
Passenger seat assembly with child car seat rail system
Yousuf S. Riad, Ostrander, OH (US); Kelly Michael Whalen, Worthington, OH (US); Michael J. Wilms, Marysville, OH (US); Mark David Bartlett, Dublin, OH (US); Wesley L. McClellan, Marysville, OH (US); Paul D. Nguyen, Plain City, OH (US); Susan L. Mostofizadeh, Worthington, OH (US); Anas Kachlan, Columbus, OH (US); Shane E. Platt, Strongsville, OH (US); and Gabriel J. Smith, Kent, OH (US)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,377.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340054 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/28 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/2824 (2013.01) [B60N 2/2827 (2013.01); B60N 2/305 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0216 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle comprising:
a passenger seat including a seat base and a seat back connected to the seat base, the passenger seat movable between a seated condition for accommodating an associated seated passenger and non-seated condition where the passenger seat is tilted forward in a front-rear direction of the vehicle about a forward end portion of the seat base; and
a rail system mounted to the seat base and configured to have mounted thereto an associated child car seat, the rail system configured to move the associated child car seat along a lateral direction of the passenger seat between at least two seating locations defined by the passenger seat, the rail system is movable independent of the passenger seat to a forward tilted position to allow for movement of the passenger seat between the seated condition and the non-seated condition.