US 12,291,129 B2
Device for assembling reclining seat of vehicle
Ji Sun Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sung Hak Hong, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Soo Hyun Moon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jun Yong Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,543.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0126206 (KR), filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100240 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/015 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/015 (2013.01) [B60N 2/20 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reclining seat assembly for a vehicle, the seat assembly comprising:
a) a leg unit comprising a support frame for mounting a seat cushion and a mounting frame,
b) a seatback reclinably connected to the leg unit,
c) a guide clip comprising a locking structure, the guide clip mounted in a guide hole in a vehicle floor panel; and
d) a guide pin mounted to the mounting frame and inserted into the guide clip to allow the guide pin to be locked by the locking structure;
wherein, in a state where the guide pin mounted on the mounting frame is inserted into the guide hole, the guide pin is prevented from being separated from the guide hole during reclining of the seatback while the reclining seat is assembled to the floor panel.