Patent ID: 9114740
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch triggering mechanism for actuating a rear interior row seatback dump, comprising: a first generally cylinder shaped module affixed within a trunk of a vehicle, said module including a downwardly extending and displaceable bracket; a latch assembly secured to a package surface separating the trunk from a passenger interior of the vehicle, a release lever associated with said latch extending into the trunk and in abutting contact with an underside of said bracket such that, upon actuating said bracket into contact with said lever, said release lever being pivoted in a first direction, triggering rotation of a cam in contact with said release lever; a lever mounted to said cylinder shaped module at a perimeter edge location, said lever extending through an interior of said module and projecting, at an opposite perimeter edge location, through a longitudinally extending slot formed in a wall of said module, a bottom configured protrusion associated with an interior location of said lever and, upon said projecting end of said lever being caused to pivot downwardly along said slot, resulting in said bottom protrusion displacing said bracket, a cable including a fixed outer sleeve mounted to an exterior location of said module, an inner translatable portion extending from a first end of said outer sleeve and engaging said projecting end of said lever, an opposite and second extending end of said inner translatable portion of said cable engaging a pull strap mounted within the passenger interior; and said latch further including a pawl engaging a seat back mounted striker in a first position, said pawl being rotatably supported in contact with said cam and, upon triggered rotation of said cam, being caused to rotate in an opposite direction relative to said release lever in a second position to unseat from the striker and to release the seatback to rotate to a dump position.