Manual and powered actuation of track assembly
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Sep 3, 2024
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Feb 1, 2024
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Sep 28, 2023
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Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly is provided that includes a pivot bracket coupled to a vehicle floor and disposed at a front of a seat frame, a gear assembly and a locking disk assembly disposed around an axis of rotation defined by the pivot bracket, wherein the gear assembly and the locking disk assembly are configured to each alternatively move the seating assembly from a sitting position to a standing position, and a track assembly disposed on the vehicle floor and between opposing side brackets of a seat frame. The track assembly includes a cam assembly movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The vehicle seating assembly further includes a crank assembly extending between the pivot bracket and the cam assembly and configured to move the cam assembly from the locked position to the unlocked position.
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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC | ONE AMERICAN ROAD FOURTH FLOOR DEARBORN MI 48126-2701 |
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- 2023 Application Filing Year
- B60N Class
- 889 Applications Filed
- 242 Patents Issued To-Date
- 27.23 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Aktas, Macit | Windsor, CA | 71 | 276 |
# of filed Patents : 71 Total Citations : 276 | |||
Hoernke, Spencer Robert | Dundas, CA | 56 | 148 |
# of filed Patents : 56 Total Citations : 148 | |||
Jeon, Jung | Northville, US | 7 | 12 |
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 12 | |||
Kish, Joseph Michael | Canton, US | 51 | 207 |
# of filed Patents : 51 Total Citations : 207 | |||
Line, Johnathan Andrew | Northville, US | 416 | 3203 |
# of filed Patents : 416 Total Citations : 3203 |
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