Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle seatback support element to resist pivoting movement of seatback when force is applied to the seatback
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Application No.: US15969333Application Date: 2018-05-02
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Publication No.: US10556533B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar , John W. Jaranson , Sangram Laxman Tamhankar , Mike James Whitens , Johnathan Andrew Line
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: B60N2/90
- IPC: B60N2/90 ; B60N2/20 ; B60N2/30 ; B60N2/06

Abstract:
A vehicle comprises a seating assembly including a seatback pivotally movable relative to a seat about an axis, the seatback including a bottom portion and a top portion disposed further away from the axis than the bottom portion; and a seatback support element having a first portion coupled to the vehicle at a position other than the seatback and a second portion where the seatback interacts with the seatback support element, the seatback support element resisting pivotal movement of the seatback about the axis. The seatback support element can further includ3 a third portion coupled to the vehicle at a position other than the seatback. The second portion is between the first portion and the third portion along a length of the seatback support element. The first portion is coupled to the vehicle forward of the axis of the seatback and the third portion is coupled rearward of the axis.
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