A seat assembly for use in an automotive vehicle has a seat cushion including a seat bracket, a seat back including a side bracket, a bushing having an outer ring fixedly coupled to one of the seat bracket or the side bracket, and a free pivot pivotally coupling the seat bracket to the side bracket. The bushing has a passageway extending axially through the outer ring and a plurality of flexible fingers extending inward from the outer ring into the passageway. The free pivot includes a shaft the extending axially through the passageway in the bushing with the plurality of flexible fingers frictionally engaged with the shaft.


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    Title :

    BUSHING FOR OSCILLATING FREE PIVOT


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    Publication date :

    2025-05-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet / F16C SHAFTS , Wellen



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