Patent ID: 8388065

Claim:
A vehicle seat rotation controlling apparatus for controlling a rotation of a vehicle seat bottom relative to a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a seat bottom height controlling mechanism operably connected to a seat back so as to hold the seat bottom in an elevated position while the seat back is in a rotational position corresponding to a seating mode and an ingress/egress mode and to rotate the seat bottom to a lowered position in response to the seat back being rotated to a rotational position corresponding to a cargo mode, wherein the vehicle seat rotation controlling apparatus comprises: an elongated bracket attached to the seat bottom and having a first end and a second end; a rod pivotally attached to a vehicle seat mounting assembly disposed below the vehicle seat, the rod pivotally attached to the vehicle seat mounting assembly in a longitudinal position that is closer to the elongated bracket first end than the elongated bracket second end; a roller attached to a top end of the rod and slidably received in the elongated bracket; a lowering cable connected at a first end to the rod and at a second end to the seat back; and an elevating cable connected at a first end to the rod and at a second end to the seat back, wherein the lowering cable is provided so as to exert a pulling force on the rod causing the rod to pivot such that the roller is moved to the elongated bracket second end, thereby lowering the seat bottom, when the seat back is moved from the rotational position corresponding to the seating mode and ingress/egress mode to the rotational position corresponding to the cargo mode, and wherein the elevating cable is provided so as to exert a pulling force on the rod causing the rod to pivot such that the roller is moved to the elongated bracket first end, thereby raising the seat bottom, when the seat back is moved from the rotational position corresponding to the cargo mode to the rotational position corresponding to the seating mode and ingress/egress mode.