Electric stowing system for vehicle seat
First Claim
1. An electric stowing system for a vehicle seat for folding a seat back against a seat cushion and swinging the seat cushion and the seat back together and stowing them in a floor recess positioned behind the seat, the system comprising:
- seat back forward-tipping means for automatically tipping the seat back forward to fold it against the seat cushion;
swinging means for automatically swinging the forwardly tipped seat back and the seat cushion as one and stowing them in the floor recess; and
a control unit for controlling the operation of the seat back forward-tipping means and the swinging means.
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Abstract
The invention provides a seat stowing system for stowing in a floor recess (16) a seat (15) with a seat back (22, 23) tipped forward to fold it against a seat cushion (21). The stowing system (20) includes a seat back forward-tipping mechanism for automatically tipping the seat back forward and a swinging mechanism (30) for automatically swinging the folded seat back and the seat cushion as one. The seat back forward-tipping mechanism and the swinging mechanism are drive-controlled by a control unit, and the operation of stowing the seat in the floor recess is thus made electric.
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1. An electric stowing system for a vehicle seat for folding a seat back against a seat cushion and swinging the seat cushion and the seat back together and stowing them in a floor recess positioned behind the seat, the system comprising:
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seat back forward-tipping means for automatically tipping the seat back forward to fold it against the seat cushion; swinging means for automatically swinging the forwardly tipped seat back and the seat cushion as one and stowing them in the floor recess; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the seat back forward-tipping means and the swinging means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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