US 12,269,374 B2
Vehicle rear seat
Jung Sang You, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Yong Chul Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Dae Hee Lee, Incheon (KR); Eun Sue Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jae Hoon Cho, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Han Kyung Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jae Sung Shin, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hae Dong Kwak, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jun Sik Hwang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Gwon Hwa Bok, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,884.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0105691 (KR), filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067056 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60N 2/08 (2006.01); B60N 2/12 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/32 (2006.01); B60N 2/24 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/0843 (2013.01) [B60N 2/12 (2013.01); B60N 2/206 (2013.01); B60N 2/309 (2013.01); B60N 2/242 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. A vehicle rear seat comprising:
a center seat;
side seats located on left and right of the center seat; and
a locking mechanism configured to connect a center seat cushion frame of the center seat and a side seat cushion frame assembly of the side seats,
wherein, when the locking mechanism is unlocked, the center seat is capable of moving forward and backward with respect to the side seats,
when the center seat moves forward, the center seat protrudes forward with respect to the side seats;
wherein a cushion part and a back part of the center seat are connected via a recliner, so that an angle of the back part is adjustable forward and backward by operating the recliner; and
wherein operation of the recliner is possible by manipulating a recliner lever, and the recliner lever protrudes from a front side of the center seat.