Power return mechanism for seat back

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9162591
APP PUB NO 20140001810A1
SERIAL NO

13928412

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A seat assembly having a seat cushion and a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat cushion for pivotal movement between a generally upright seating position and a folded position overlying the seat cushion. A power return mechanism is operatively coupled to the seat back for automatically returning the seat back from the folded position to the seating position. The power return mechanism includes a support bracket for mounting the power return mechanism to the seat assembly, a slider bracket slidably coupled to the support bracket, a cable connected between the seat back and the slider bracket, and a motor and gear assembly for power driving the slider bracket between a home position when the seat back is in the seating position and a full stroke position pulling the cable to pivot the seat back from the folded position to the seating position.

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MAGNA SEATING INCAURORA ONTARIO L4G 7K1

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Tame, Omar West Bloomfield, US 2 23
Vetere,, II Louis Commerce, US 17 46

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