A vehicle seat assembly includes a pivot structure, a seat and a bushing. The pivot structure has at least one link member that includes a pivot pin extending through an opening in the at least one link member. The pivot pin defines a pivot axis about which the at least one link member pivots. The seat is attached to the pivot structure. The pivot structure and the seat are configured to move between a seating or in-use orientation and a rear access orientation. The bushing is fitted into the opening of the at least one link member with the pivot pin extending through the bushing. The bushing is configured to deflect in response to movement of the link member relative to the pivot pin.

A seat assembly is provided which is mountable to a vehicle to be rotatable from a forward facing passenger use position to a lateral stowed position which requires less vehicular floor space. That seat assembly can be installed adjacent to a second forward facing seat assembly having hinged seat bottom structure which provides a wheelchair backstop/support when the second seat assembly is not occupied by any passenger. The first and second seating assembly can be mounted in a public transportation bus within the ADA area of the bus, either as a floorplan module or as separate components. The first seating assembly alone or in combination with the second seating assembly can be mounted in other vehicles, such as Class B motorhomes (as defined by the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association), to provide greater versatility and/or wheelchair accommodation. The aesthetic design is established to support passenger general approval of the overall floorplan orientation.

Disclosed is a vehicle rear-seat position adjustment apparatus including a pair of support frames mounted on a floor panel in such a manner as to be spaced apart; a leg frame having a structure where a slot of a predetermined length is formed and fixedly mounted on the support frame; a tilting link of which a front end portion is connected to a slot in the leg frame in a manner that is movable backward and forward; a seat cushion frame of which a front end portion is connected to the leg frame and of which a rear end portion is connected to a rear end portion of the tilting link; a recliner mounted on a side frame connected to a rear end portion of the support frame; and a drive device connected to the front end portion of the tilting link and configured to move the tilting link backward and forward.

A vehicle seat may have a seat part which can be moved from a usage position into a non-usage position, a seat back, a base, and a seat kinematics connecting the seat part pivotably to the base. The seat kinematics may have a rocker which by a first rotary joint is deflected pivotably on an adapter connected to the base and by a second rotary joint is deflected pivotably on the seat part. A spacing between the base and the seat part can be changed by selection of a first articulation point for articulation of the first pivot joint on the adapter fixedly connected to the base, and/or by selection of a second articulation point for articulation of the second pivot joint on the seat part. A method for assembling such a vehicle seat is also provided.