IP Library Granted Patent US 9,499,076
Granted Patent B2
US 9,499,076 · App. 15/024,222 · Granted Nov 22, 2016

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Yuya Kanai (Yokohama, JP); Akinori Taniguchi (Yokohama, JP); Satoru Watanabe (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
B60N2/3056B60N2/0715B60N2/0735B60N2/307
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,499,076
App. No.
15/024,222
Granted
Nov 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat includes: a slide mechanism including an inner-side slide rail and an outer-side slide rail; a seat cushion; and a biasing unit for applying a biasing force for flipping up the seat cushion toward a wall portion of a vehicle. The outer-side slide rail includes: a first slide rail fixed to the wall portion at a same position as the seat cushion in a vertical direction; and a second slide rail fixed to a portion of the wall portion located deeper in an interior than the first slide rail, at a position below the seat cushion.

Claims (7)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a slide mechanism comprising an inner-side slide rail fixed to a floor of an interior of a vehicle and an outer-side slide rail fixed to a wall portion of the interior of the vehicle;

a seat cushion provided to be slidable in a front-rear direction of the vehicle by the slide mechanism; and

a biasing unit for applying a biasing force for flipping up the seat cushion toward the wall portion,

wherein the outer-side slide rail comprises:

a first slide rail fixed to the wall portion at a same position as the seat cushion in a vertical direction; and

a second slide rail fixed to a portion of the wall portion located deeper in the interior than the first slide rail, at a position below the seat cushion.

Assignments (6)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: CNI ENTERPRISES, INC.; ADIENT US LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063085/0391 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN IP Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: ADIENT US LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061956/0301 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 059086/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2022
From: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
To: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
Reel/Frame 058751/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 044531/0375 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2016
From: KANAI, YUYA; TANIGUCHI, AKINORI; WATANABE, SATORU
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 038656/0858 →
Continuity (1)
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