Patent ID: 8047595
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A seat assembly for motor vehicles, comprising: a seat base configured to be movably mounted to a floor structure of a vehicle for movement between a use position and a stowed position; a first mechanism configured to selectively retain the seat base in the use position; a seat back pivotably connected to the seat base; a second mechanism selectively retaining the seat back in a selected position relative to the seat base; a switch; a powered actuator device operably connected to the switch and the first and second mechanisms, the powered actuator device including an electric motor having a movable output member that is mechanically connected to the first and second mechanisms by first and second elongated members that transmit force from the movable output member to the first and second mechanisms such that the electric motor releases the first and second mechanisms in a predefined sequence upon actuation of the switch.