US 11,951,883 B2
Stow to floor seat assembly
Shriram Agalave, Bhosari (IN); Harshad Naikare, Bhosari (IN); Akshay Lamkane, Bhosari (IN); David Runde, Ortonville, MI (US); Cheikh Dioum, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Bruno Carraro, Ferndale, MI (US)
Assigned to Magna Seating Inc., Aurora (CA)
Appl. No. 17/441,946
Filed by Magna Seating Inc., Aurora (CA)
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/024167
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/198116, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/822,360, filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161696 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/22 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60N 2/856 (2018.01)
CPC B60N 2/2209 (2013.01) [B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/06 (2013.01); B60N 2/3031 (2013.01); B60N 2/309 (2013.01); B60N 2/856 (2018.02)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat assembly adapted to be mounted to a floor of an automotive vehicle for movement between a plurality of positions, the seat assembly comprising:
a seat cushion having a front portion and a rear portion for supporting an occupant in the automotive vehicle;
a seat back including a lower seat back portion pivotally coupled to an upper seat back portion at a first pivot point (P1) defining a first axis (A1), the lower seat back portion releasably coupled to the rear portion of the seat cushion; and
a five-bar linkage comprising
a first link extending between a first end and an opposite second end, the first end rotatably coupled to the seat back at a second pivot point (P2) disposed coaxial to the first pivot point (P1), and the second end defining a third pivot point (P3),
a second link extending axially between the first and second pivot points (P1, P2),
a third link defined by the lower seat back portion and the seat cushion and extending between the first pivot point (P1) and a fifth pivot point (P5) disposed adjacent the front portion of the seat cushion,
a fourth link extending between a first end and an opposite second end, the first end rotatably coupled to the third link at the fifth pivot point (P5), and the second end defining a fourth pivot point (P4), and
a fifth link defined between the third pivot point (P3) and the fourth pivot point (P4).