Patent ID: 8424968

Claim:
A spring assembly for a vehicle seat including a seat base, a seat back, and a recliner assembly connecting the seat back to the seat base in a pivoting relationship, the recliner assembly including a first recliner hinge and a second recliner hinge connected together by a connector rod, wherein the spring assembly comprises: a tube that defines a slot that extends longitudinally through the tube; a bracket that secures the tube at one point between the first and second recliner hinges to the seat back, wherein the bracket is attached to the seat back closer to the first recliner hinge than the second recliner hinge and the tube is secured to the second recliner hinge; wherein the tube has a tube end that is secured to a receptacle that retains the tube end in a rotationally fixed relationship, wherein the spring assembly biases the seat back toward a neutral position at a first angular orientation when the seat back is shifted to a position that is angularly offset from the neutral position.