Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom assembly and a seat back. The seat bottom assembly includes a base, a seat bottom, a connector movably coupling the seat bottom to the base, and a latching mechanism coupled to the base. The latching mechanism includes a latch receiver positioned to receive a latch interface installed in a vehicle and a latch retainer pivotably coupled to the base. The latch retainer is positioned to selectively prevent removal of the latch interface from the latch receiver. The seat back is pivotably coupled to the base. The vehicle seat is reconfigurable between a seat configuration and a stowed configuration. When transitioning the vehicle seat from the seat configuration to the stowed configuration, the seat bottom moves relative to the base, causing the connector to engage with the latch retainer, permitting disengagement of the latch receiver from the latch interface.

Abstract: A recliner system includes a plate, a spring, an inner support, and an outer support. The plate has a protrusion. The protrusion defines a bore. The coil body is positioned along and around an exterior surface of the protrusion. The inner support is at least partially positioned within the bore. The inner support includes protrusions extending outside of the bore and along an exterior of the spring. Each of the protrusions is configured to selectively engage with a respective leg of the spring. The outer housing is disposed around the protrusions of the inner housing and the spring. The outer housing defines cavities with a notch positioned therebetween. The cavities extend around the legs. The notch is configured to selectively engage with the legs of the spring. The inner support and the outer housing engage with the plate on the same side of the plate.

Abstract: A linear inertial latch assembly includes a bracket configured to couple to a stationary portion of a vehicle seat and a linear inertial latch configured to couple to a moving portion of the vehicle seat. The linear inertial latch includes a housing defining an interior chamber and a pin aperture extending through the housing, a pin disposed within the interior chamber, and a biasing element disposed within the interior chamber. The pin is configured to extend outward from the housing through the pin aperture from a retracted position to an engagement position to engage the bracket. The biasing element is configured to provide a biasing force to the pin to bias the pin toward the retracted position. Responsive to an acceleration of the linear inertial latch being greater than or equal to an acceleration threshold, the pin overcomes the biasing force and translates into the engagement position.

Abstract: A track assembly includes a first track having first apertures, a second track having second apertures, and a latch assembly. The latch assembly includes a latch plate movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The latch plate includes first teeth that selectively extend through the first apertures and through at least one of the second apertures when the latch plate is in the engaged position. A gap is present between a first latch tooth of the first teeth and one of the first apertures when the latch plate is in the engaged position. The latch assembly includes an anti-chuck component coupled to the latch plate and including a second tooth that extends along a face of the first latch tooth. The second tooth extends laterally past both lateral edges of the first latch tooth to close the gap when the latch plate is in the engaged position.

Abstract: A track assembly for mounting a seat within a vehicle includes a track. The track includes an inner surface. The track includes a support extending from the inner surface of the track at an upward sloping angle. The support includes a curved end defining a plurality of apertures.

Abstract: A stowable vehicle seat may include a seat back. A seat may include a seat bottom coupled to the seat back. A seat may include a supporting linkage configured to transition the seat between a use position and a stowed position, the supporting linkage comprising: one or more rear links pivotably coupled to the seat bottom and configured to pivotably couple to a vehicle floor at a rear link pivot point; and a break link pivotably coupled at a first end to the seat bottom at a first pivot point and configured to pivotably couple at a second end to the vehicle floor at a second pivot point, wherein a distance between the first pivot point and the second pivot point changes as the seat transitions between the use position and the stowed position.

Abstract: A track assembly includes a first track having a first support extending from a first surface of the first track. The first support includes a first curved end. The track assembly includes a second track slidably coupled to the first track. The second track includes a second support extending from a second surface of the second track. The second support includes a second curved end. The first support and the second support are positioned such that the second curved end interfaces with the first curved end.

Abstract: An adjustable lounge seat includes a seat frame having a front end and a rear end, a back frame pivotably coupled to the rear end of the seat frame, a first assembly coupled to the seat frame proximate the rear end thereof and configured to couple to a track assembly where the first assembly is configured to facilitate moving the rear end of the seat frame up and down, a second assembly coupled to the seat frame proximate the front end thereof and configured to couple to the track assembly where the second assembly is configured to facilitate moving the front end of the seat frame up and down, and a footrest coupled to the front end of the seat frame and the second assembly where the footrest is movable between a stowed orientation and an extended orientation.

Abstract: A lounge seat for a vehicle defines a seat reference point. The lounge seat includes a seat frame assembly, a back frame assembly pivotably coupled to the seat frame assembly, a track assembly coupled to the seat frame assembly and configured to facilitate translating the seat frame assembly in a X direction, and a plurality of motors configured to cause movement of the seat frame assembly, the back frame assembly, and the track assembly to adjust the lounge seat between a full upright orientation associated with an initial X position of the seat reference point along the X direction and a full down orientation associated with a final X position of the seating reference point along the X direction.

Abstract: A locking mechanism for a recliner assembly. The locking mechanism includes a plate and a pawl. The plate includes a peripheral lip having an interior face that defines a plurality of teeth. The pawl includes first teeth positioned at opposing ends thereof and second teeth positioned between the first teeth. Each of the first teeth has a first flat face and a second flat face. Each of the second teeth has one flat face and one curved face. The pawl is positionable between (i) a first position where the pawl does not engage with the plate and (ii) a second position where the pawl engages with the plate.

Abstract: A locking mechanism includes a plate and a pawl. The plate includes a peripheral lip having an interior face that defines a plurality of teeth. The pawl defines a central axis and includes a plurality of pawl teeth including a first middle tooth and a second middle tooth. The first middle tooth is positioned on a first side of the central axis and has a first flat face facing the central axis and a first curved face facing away from the central axis. The second middle tooth is positioned on an opposing second side of the central axis and has a second flat face facing the central axis and a second curved face facing away from the central axis. The pawl is positionable between (i) a first position where the pawl does not engage with the plate and (ii) a second position where the pawl engages with the plate.

Abstract: A carriage includes an elongated body having a first end and an opposing second end and a flange coupled to the first end of the elongated body. The flange includes a first portion having a first face and an opposing second face. The first portion defines a first aperture having a first diameter. The first portion includes (i) at least two first retainers protruding outward from the first face and extending at least partially over the first aperture and (ii) at least two second retainers protruding outward from the opposing second face and extending at least partially over the first aperture. The first retainers and the second retainers define a second diameter that is less than the first diameter. The first aperture, the first retainers, and the second retainers are configured to accommodate ball bearings having diameters between about 4.6 mm and about 5.4 mm.

Abstract: A track assembly includes a first track having first apertures, a second track having second apertures, and a latch assembly. The latch assembly includes a latch plate movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The latch plate includes first teeth that selectively extend through the first apertures and through at least one of the second apertures when the latch plate is in the engaged position. A gap is present between a first latch tooth of the first teeth and one of the first apertures when the latch plate is in the engaged position. The latch assembly includes an anti-chuck component coupled to the latch plate and including a second tooth that extends along a face of the first latch tooth. The second tooth extends laterally past both lateral edges of the first latch tooth to close the gap when the latch plate is in the engaged position.

Abstract: A track assembly includes a first track having a first support extending from a first surface of the first track. The first support includes a first curved end. The track assembly includes a second track slidably coupled to the first track. The second track includes a second support extending from a second surface of the second track. The second support includes a second curved end. The first support and the second support are positioned such that the second curved end interfaces with the first curved end.

Abstract: A track assembly includes a first track, a second track, and a latch assembly. The first track includes a plurality of first apertures. The second track includes a plurality of second apertures. The latch assembly includes a latch plate and an anti-chuck component. The latch plate includes a plurality of first teeth that selectively extend through the plurality of first apertures and through a subset of the plurality of second apertures. A gap is present between at least one of the plurality of first teeth and a side of a respective one of the plurality of first apertures when the latch plate is in the engaged position. The anti-chuck component is coupled to the latch plate. The latch plate includes one or more second teeth that engage at least one of the plurality of first apertures to close the gap.

Abstract: A track assembly includes a first track having a first inner surface, a first support coupled to the first inner surface, a second track having a second inner surface, and a second support coupled to the second inner surface. The second track is slidably coupled to the first track. The first support has a first free end that extends from the first inner surface at a downward sloping angle. The second support has a second free end that extends from the second inner surface at an upward sloping angle. The first support and the second support are positioned such that the second free end is disposed above the first free end.