US 11,718,202 B2
Back-rest pivot fitting and seat with folding back-rest
Bruce A. Hiemstra, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Michael J. Leighton, LaSalle (CA); Yannis Poulos, Sylvania, OH (US); Diana Eblenkamp, Clarkston, MI (US); Miodrag M. Petrovic, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Falko Jähner, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); and Sandeep Devadkar, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/606,102
Filed by Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/053003
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/216483, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/838,951, filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305958 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/0232 (2013.01) [B60N 2002/0236 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A back-rest pivot fitting for a vehicle seat, the pivot fitting, comprising:
a first fitting member which is mountable to a seat pan,
a second fitting member which is pivotable coupled to the first fitting member and which is mountable to a back-rest, wherein the second fitting member is relatively adjustable with respect to the first fitting member,
a recliner heart,
an adjustment member which is rotatable coupled to the first and second fitting members, and
a drive unit which is fixedly mounted to the first fitting member and configured to drive the adjustment member,
wherein the recliner heart, when actuated, is configured to allow an unimpeded motion of the second fitting member relative to the first fitting member from an upright use position to a non-use position of the back-rest, and the adjustment member, when actuated, is configured to interact with the drive unit such that, when the drive unit is actuated, the second fitting member is moved from the non-use position to the upright use position,
wherein the recliner heart comprises at least one free swing gate which is configured to allow the unimpeded motion of the second fitting member relative to the first fitting member when the recliner heart is in a released state.