AV and transport scissor jack rear seat system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10696198-B2
Application number	US-201816039927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2018
Priority date	Jul 19, 2018
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

A seating assembly for a vehicle includes a seat base pivotally and slidably coupled with a seatback and a support frame operable between a deployed position and a collapsed position. The support frame includes a first member that is pivotally coupled with a bottom portion of the seat base and pivotally coupled to a lower frame member fixedly attached to a floor support and a second member that is slidably coupled with a bottom portion of the seat base, pivotally coupled with the first member, and slidably coupled with the floor support. The support frame also includes a kickstand pivotally coupled to the floor support and slidably coupled to the seat base. The kickstand is operable between a forward position and a rearward position, wherein the kickstand is biased to and lockable in the forward position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seating assembly for a vehicle comprising:
a seat base pivotally and slidably coupled with a seatback; and
a support frame operable between a deployed position and a collapsed position, the support frame comprising:
a first member that is pivotally coupled with a bottom portion of the seat base and pivotally coupled to a lower frame member fixedly attached to a floor support;
a second member that is slidably coupled with the bottom portion of the seat base, pivotally coupled with the first member, and slidably coupled with the floor support; and
a kickstand pivotally coupled to the floor support and slidably coupled to the seat base, the kickstand being operable between a forward position and a rearward position, wherein the kickstand is biased to and lockable in the forward position, wherein a pivot axis defined between the kickstand and the lower frame member coincides with a pivot axis defined between the first member and the lower frame member.

2. The seating assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
a spring assembly configured to bias the kickstand to the forward position.

3. The seating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the kickstand is angled relative to the bottom portion of the seat base to optimize resistance to any submarining loads that may occur during a collision event.

4. The seating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the seatback is configured to fold down flat onto the seat base to a position such that a planar extent of a rear side of the seatback is generally parallel with a floor of said vehicle.

5. The seating assembly of claim 4 , wherein the seatback is slidable rearward after being folded down flat.

6. The seating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the seat base is configured to move to a stowed position corresponding to the collapsed position of the support frame under the weight of the seat base and seatback.

7. A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
a support frame operable between deployed and collapsed positions and comprising:
a first member pivotally coupled with a seat base and a lower frame member;
a second member slidably coupled with the seat base, pivotally coupled with the first member, and slidably coupled with a floor support; and
a kickstand operable between a forward position and a rearward position and biased to and lockable in the forward position, wherein a pivot axis defined between the kickstand and the lower frame member coincides with a pivot axis defined between the first member and the lower frame member.

8. The seating assembly of claim 7 , further comprising:
a spring assembly configured to bias the kickstand to the forward position.

9. The seating assembly of claim 7 , wherein the kickstand is angled relative to a bottom portion of the seat base to optimize resistance to any submarining loads that may occur during a collision event.

10. The seating assembly of claim 7 , wherein a seatback is configured to fold down flat onto the seat base to a position such that a planar extent of a rear side of the seatback is generally parallel with a floor of said vehicle.

11. The seating assembly of claim 10 , wherein the seatback is slidable rearward after being folded down flat.

12. The seating assembly of claim 7 , wherein the seat base is configured to move to a stowed position corresponding to the collapsed position of the support frame under the weight of the seat base and seatback.

13. A method of operating a vehicle seating assembly comprising:
slidably moving a seatback downward toward a seat base;
rotating the seatback against the seat base;
unlocking a kickstand disposed below the seat base;
pushing the kickstand rearward about a pivot axis defined between the kickstand and a lower frame member which coincides with a pivot axis defined between a first member and the lower frame member, against a biasing force acting on the kickstand; and
moving a support frame from a deployed position to a collapsed position by pivoting the first member downward between the seat base and a floor and by slidably moving a second member between the seat base and the floor.

14. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 13 , further comprising:
angling the kickstand relative to a bottom portion of the seat base to optimize resistance to any submarining loads that may occur during a collision event.

15. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 13 , further comprising:
folding the seatback down flat onto the seat base to a position such that a planar extent of a rear side of the seatback is generally parallel with the floor of said vehicle.

16. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 15 , further comprising:
sliding the seatback rearward after being folded down flat.

17. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 13 , further comprising:
moving the seat base to a stowed position corresponding to the collapsed position of the support frame under the weight of the seat base and seatback.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Line Johnathan Andrew
• Hoernke Spencer Robert
• Kondrad Marcos Silva
• Serrano Amaury Diaz
• Ferretti Daniel
• Brown Jerry R
• Iacoban Paul

Classifications

• B60N2/36 Primary

  into a loading platform {(B60N2/065 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/508 Primary

  Scissors-like structure · CPC title

• B60N2/3013

  the back-rest being hinged on the vehicle frame · CPC title

• B60N2/309

  rods · CPC title

• B60N2/3061

  along vertical axis · CPC title