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  • Pivoting armest for enhancing side impact protection
    Patent number: 7195312
    Abstract: An armrest assembly for a motor vehicle seat having a first support member pivotably mounted to a seat structure, a second support member rotatably mounted to the first support member, and a biasing arrangement positioned relative to the first and second support members. The biasing arrangement exerts a predetermined biasing force on the second support member to prevent the second support member from rotating relative to the first member until a sufficient load force is applied to the armrest to overcome the biasing threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W Crossman, Rajkumar Rajagopalan, Sharath Varadappa