Patent ID: 7552972
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat assembly comprising: a seat backrest including a backrest frame and backrest bracket; a seat bottom; a seat frame having a front member and a rear member, said seat frame operatively supporting said seat bottom and further having at least one seat backrest rotating assembly supported at said backrest frame, rear member, and seat bottom that is adapted to allow said seat backrest to move from an upright position to a folded position in which said seat backrest is folded down upon said seat bottom, said seat frame further having at least one seat rotation mechanism disposed on said front member to allow said rear member of said seat frame to be rotatively lifted upward and forward and move said seat frame from a seating position to a tumbled position relative to said front member, wherein said seat backrest rotating assembly includes a main plate, an outer plate, a rotation mechanism, and a first latching mechanism adapted to latch and selectively retain said seat backrest in said upright position; a second latching mechanism disposed about said rear member adapted to latch and selectively retain said seat bottom to the floor of the vehicle; and a release assembly encompassed and supported by said main plate and outer plate of said seat backrest rotating assembly and having a motor and a cable assembly, said cable assembly operatively connected to said motor and said first latching assembly, said motor adapted to be remotely actuated such that actuation of said motor causes said first latching assembly to be operatively released by said cable assembly, wherein said first latching assembly includes a backrest locking arm that has a plurality of teeth disposed on its upper edge that corresponds to a plurality of teeth on the bottom of said backrest bracket to cooperate and lock said seat backrest in said upright position and a blocking arm having a blocking face and rotationally biased so that said blocking face moves against said locking arm to hold said locking arm teeth in engagement with said backrest bracket teeth when said seat backrest is in the upright position.