Patent ID: 9102247
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat bar assembly comprising: a seat having first and second engagement members; a seatback having a rear seat bracket extending between the first and second engagement members; a sleeve mounted to the rear seat bracket and parallel to a top edge of the rear seat bracket; and a single torsion bar extending between the first and second engagement members and operably engaged therewith, the torsion bar including: an intermediate portion having first and second engagement portions, wherein both said first and second engagement portions are insertably engaged with the sleeve; first and second linear portions that extend between the first engagement member and the intermediate bracket engagement portion and the second engagement member and the intermediate bracket engagement portion; and first and second distal ends configured to engage the first and second engagement members, respectively, which induces a torsion resistance in the torsion bar when the seatback is at a fully reclined position and when the seatback is at a fully folded position.