Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Seats with body modifications
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-15
2006-08-15
Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Seats with body modifications
C296S065090, C296S065030
Reexamination Certificate
active
07090277
ABSTRACT:
An adjustment mechanism is provided for a seat assembly of an automotive vehicle having a floor. The adjuster mechanism includes a support member, a first leg, a shaft, an arm, a link and a motor. The shaft extends defines a first axis. A first end of the support member is rotatably coupled to the shaft. The first leg has an upper end rotatably coupled to the shaft and a lower end rotatably coupled to the floor for rotation about a second axis. The arm has a distal end extending radially outwardly from the shaft. The link has one end pivotally coupled to the distal end of the arm and an opposite end pivotally coupled to the floor for rotation of the link about a third axis. A motor is drivingly engaged to the shaft via a gear mechanism causing rotation of support member about the first axis, rotation of the first leg about the second axis and rotation of the link about the third axis, whereby the support member is displaced between a seating position and a stowed position.
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Andrigo Gregory James Alexander
Guthrie Andrew William
Dura Global Technologies Inc.
Gifford Krass
MacKenzie Kevin S.
Patel Kiran B.
Watson Dean B.
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