Patent ID: 7387338

Claim:
A seat assembly for a passenger vehicle comprising: a seat bottom frame adapted to be mounted to a floor of a passenger vehicle, the frame having a forward end and a rearward end; a seat bottom cushion mounted to the seat bottom frame for receiving a passenger thereon; a track mounted to the seat bottom frame extending generally from the forward end to the rearward end; a carriage operably mounted to the track for translation along the track; a seat back mounted to the carriage for translation with the carriage between a fore position and an aft position for providing at least two seating positions upon the seat assembly; a motor mounted to one of the seat bottom frame or the carriage; and a transmission driven by the motor and operably engaged to the seat bottom frame and the carriage for driving the carriage along the track to the fore and aft positions, the transmission being operably engaged to the seat back for adjusting a tilt orientation of the seat back relative to the seat bottom frame.