US 12,269,373 B2
Vehicle seat assembly
Dakota Stapleton, Flushing, MI (US); and Umesh Handigol, Rochester, MI (US)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg, (DE)
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg, Coburg (DE)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/081,838.
Application 18/081,838 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/880,216, filed on Aug. 3, 2022, granted, now 12,145,480.
Prior Publication US 2024/0042901 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/08 (2006.01); B60N 2/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/0292 (2013.01) [B60N 2/0825 (2013.01); B60N 2/085 (2013.01); B60N 2/12 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0208 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0216 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat assembly for use in a vehicle, the seat assembly comprising:
a base including a fixed rail and a translatable rail;
an unlocking device configured to selectively lock the translatable rail to the fixed rail and unlock the translatable rail from the fixed rail so that the translatable rail may translate along the fixed rail;
a release lever rotationally coupled the base;
a seat cushion coupled to and configured to pivot about the base between a use position and a non-use position, in which a front portion of the seat cushion is tilted towards the base and a rear portion of the seat cushion is tilted away from the base; and
a cam rotationally coupled to the base and configured to rotate between a first position, in which the seat cushion is in a use position, and a second position, in which the seat cushion is in a non-use position and the cam rotates the release lever to actuate the unlocking device to unlock the translatable rail from the fixed rail,
wherein the unlocking device includes a locking bracket coupled to the base and configured to pivot between an engaged position, in which the locking bracket engages the fixed rail to lock the translatable rail to the fixed rail, and
a rod extending from the locking bracket, the release lever configured to engage the rod and pivot the locking bracket.