Patent ID: 7503613

Claim:
A power retracting assembly coupled between a seat assembly and a floor of an automotive vehicle for moving the seat assembly between a seating position spaced above the floor and a stowed position lying flat along the floor, said retracting assembly comprising: an inner plate adapted to be fixedly secured to the seat assembly; an output shaft fixedly secured to said inner plate for controlling rotational movement of said inner plate about an upper axis and rotating the seat assembly about said upper axis; an outer plate rotatably coupled to said output shaft for rotation about said upper axis; a power actuator operatively coupled to said output shaft for selectively energizing and rotating said inner plate in a first direction and said outer plate in a direction opposite said inner plate; and a link extending between a first end fixed to said outer plate and a second end adapted to be pivotally coupled to the floor and rotatable about a primary lower axis, whereby rotation of said outer plate in a first direction about said upper axis causes pivotal movement of said second end of said link about said primary lower axis in a second direction, said link pulling said outer plate about said primary lower axis in said second direction therewith to rotate the seat assembly about said lower axis.