Seat assembly having a soft latch mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8882200
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13390475

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A seat assembly having a soft latch mechanism. The soft latch mechanism includes a spring arm disposed on a bracket and a housing disposed on a seat back frame. The housing engages an end portion of the spring arm when the seat back frame is in a folded position to inhibit movement of the seat back frame away from the seat bottom frame.

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  • LEAR CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Diefenthaler, Florian Allershausen-Leonhardsbuch, DE 4 12
Schneider, Joerg-Holger Rimsting, DE 1 0

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