Abstract: A seat includes a seat base and a seat back that is connected to the seat base by a hinge mechanism for movement between a seating position and a folded forward position. The seat back closes an opening between the passenger compartment and the trunk compartment in the seating position and uncovers the opening in the folded forward position. A spring is operatively connected to the seat back to bias the seat back to the folded forward position. A damper is connected to the seat back that limits the speed that the seat back is folded forward as a result of the biasing force exerted by the spring on the seat back.

Abstract: This method for determining a gas appearance or disappearance flow in a geographical space, from a priori flows, physical observations of the gas concentration values and the use of a numerical model expressing the gas behaviour and in particular its movements, and which comprises iterations of calculations and a convergence of successive determinations of flows towards a solution by minimizing a cost function, is characterized in that the model is implemented on succeeding time segments (5), however provided with overlay portions (6) enabling the correction of an inaccurate origin of the calculations of each one of the segments (5). Since the calculations concern increments of parameters and in particular concentration values, the segment results are collated with no difficulty. Application to the localization of gas sources, such as carbon dioxide.

Abstract: A seat includes a seat base and a seat back that is connected to the seat base by a hinge mechanism for movement between a seating position and a folded forward position. The seat back closes an opening between the passenger compartment and the trunk compartment in the seating position and uncovers the opening in the folded forward position. A spring is operatively connected to the seat back to bias the seat back to the folded forward position. A damper is connected to the seat back that limits the speed that the seat back is folded forward as a result of the biasing force exerted by the spring on the seat back.