US 11,833,941 B2
Vehicle load floor adjustment system
Jennifer Sterling, Commerce Charter Township, MI (US); Marcus Merideth, Westland, MI (US); John Behrendt, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Peter McKean, Rochester Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/166,913.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242283 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60N 2/68 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/3065 (2013.01) [B60N 2/309 (2013.01); B60N 2/686 (2013.01); B60N 2/3013 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. An assembly for adjusting at least a portion of a load floor of a vehicle according to movement of a seat of the vehicle, the assembly comprising:
a linkage coupled between the load floor of the vehicle and two seats of the vehicle, the linkage configured to raise at least a portion of the load floor to a raised position in response to lowering one of the seats of the vehicle with the other of the seats remaining in the raised position, to maintain the portion of the load floor in the raised position while at least one of the seats of the vehicle is lowered, and to lower the at least a portion of the load floor to a lowered position in response to raising of both of the seats of the vehicle; and
a rotatable element positioned to engage the two seats of the vehicle, the rotatable element coupled to the linkage so as to move the load floor between the raised position and the lowered position according to engagement by the two seats of the vehicle.