A stadium seat having a seat back structure that is movable from a seat back forward position to a seat back rearward position. The seat back structure has an occupant contact surface. In the seat back forward position, the occupant contact surface has a planar contour. In the seat back rearward position, the occupant contact surface has non-planar contour.

A vehicle seat assembly has a seat base, a seat back rotatably connected to the seat base and movable between an upright position and a folded position. An arm has a first end region connected to the seat base and a second end region defining a cam surface. A follower such as a pin is connected to the seat back and fixed relative thereto. The follower engages the cam surface when the seat back is in the folded position.

A vehicle-seat-recliner assembly may include first and second recliner hearts, a release handle, a cross-member, a handle pin, a handle-travel-limiter, and a reinforcement member. The release handle is connected with the first recliner heart and is rotatable relative to the brackets to move the first recliner heart between locked and unlocked states. The cross-member is connected to the recliner hearts and transmits torque from the release handle to the second recliner heart to move the recliner hearts between the locked and unlocked states. The handle pin engages the release handle. The handle-travel-limiter may include a flange portion and a shaft portion. The shaft portion may include an aperture configured to receive the cross-member. The flange portion extends radially outward from the shaft portion. The handle pin engages the handle-travel-limiter. The reinforcement member may be fixed to the handle-travel-limiter and the handle pin.

A vehicle seat assembly has a seat base, a seat back rotatably connected to the seat base and movable between an upright position and a folded position. An arm has a first end region connected to the seat base and a second end region defining a cam surface. A follower such as a pin is connected to the seat back and fixed relative thereto. The follower engages the cam surface when the seat back is in the folded position.

Disclosed is a reclining device for a vehicle seat. The reclining device includes: a flange having internal teeth and a cylindrical-shaped flange protrusion; a gear plate having a through hole and external teeth to be partially engaged with the internal teeth of the flange in an eccentric state with the flange; an input device eccentrically positioned inside the through hole of the gear plate and configured of a rotating portion and a head portion; a wedge cam positioned between an the gear plate and the flange protrusion to maintain eccentricity of the gear plate; a support body supporting a load due to the eccentricity of the gear plate and transmitting a rotational force to the wedge cam; and an elastic portion positioned between the support body and the through hole to pressurize the wedge cam.

An electric seatback-folding device for emergency escape enables a controller to accurately recognize whether a seatback (or a seatback frame) is in a locked state or an unlocked state using a microswitch. Folding of the seatback for emergency escape is smoothly performed without malfunction or a control error by operation of a motor in response to a current control signal of the controller.

A vehicle seat including: a cushion frame; a back frame; a recliner; and a clamping plate, wherein the clamping plate is provided with: a burring portion to which a projection portion of the recliner is fitted from an inner side thereof and an outer side thereof is fitted to a loosely fitted through hole of the back frame; and an abutting wall portion which is abutted on a standing wall portion of the back frame from an inner side in a radial direction, and wherein the clamping plate is fixed to the recliner in a state where the clamping plate and the recliner clamp the back frame by fitting the outer side of the burring portion to the loosely fitted through hole, fitting the inner side of the burring portion to the projection portion, and causing the abutting wall portion to be abutted on the standing wall portion.

The invention relates to a forward pivot mechanism for positioning a seat back of a vehicle seat into at least one forward position and for positioning the seat back beyond the forward position into at least one further forward position, comprising a comfort lock for positioning and locking the seat back into a least one seated position, and comprising an easy entry latch for positioning the seat back into the at least one forward position, wherein a pivot range of the seat back into one of the forward positions can be limited by means of the easy entry latch, wherein the easy-entry latch is designed in such a way that it forms a forward limit stop during the shifting of the seat back from one of the seated positions into one of the forward positions.

A motor vehicle seat (1) includes a rear foot (2), a backrest (3), pivotable relative to the rear foot (2) about a backrest rotational axis (A), and a longitudinally adjusting seat rail pair (4). A seat rail locking device (6) locks the seat rail pair (4). A lockable fitting allows the backrest (3) to pivot into an easy-entry position for rear access. An annular drive element (18) is rotatably mounted about the backrest rotational axis (A). The drive element has a latch (24) that is caught by a driver (26), arranged on the backrest (3), when the backrest (3) is pivoted into the easy-entry position, whereby the backrest can subsequently be carried along. An actuation lever (22) acts on the latch (24) such that the latch (24) is not caught by the driver (26) when the backrest (3) is pivoted, and the backrest can be pivoted beyond the easy-entry position.

A seat recliner for vehicles includes a mobile flange provided such that an upper part thereof is open and configured to define a seating space through a bottom surface and a side surface and to have an internal gear formed along an inner side of the side surface, and a support groove formed between upper ends of the internal gear and the side surface, a gear plate inserted into the seating space of the mobile flange, and configured to have an external gear formed along an outer side of a side surface of the gear plate, and a support configured to extend outwards from an upper end of the external gear and located in the support groove, and a retainer configured to cover both upper parts of the mobile flange and the gear plate, and fixed to an upper end of the mobile flange.