US 10,308,145 B2Granted

Track assembly

AssigneeLear Corporation

InventorsAlfred Cziomer, Marc Laumeier, Klaus Walter, Michael Wojatzki, Torsten Bochert, Andre Schebaum

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Abstract

A track assembly including a track and a support. The support may be configured for selective connection with the track. The support may include a lock plate that may be configured to selectively limit movement of the support relative to the track in at least one of a first direction and a second direction. The support may include an anchor that may be configured to selectively limit movement of the support relative to the track in at least one of the second direction and a third direction. The support may include a cam that may be configured to selectively engage and disengage at least one of the lock plate and the anchor from the track.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A track assembly comprising:

a track;
and
a support configured for selective connection with and movement along the track, the support including:
a lock plate configured to selectively engage a lock profile of the track;
and
a cam connected to the support to rotate about an axis extending in a transverse direction;
an anchor configured to selectively engage a ledge of the track;
wherein, in a locked position of the lock plate, the lock plate is configured to restrict rotation of the anchor out of a locked position of the anchor;
the lock plate includes a pin and the cam includes a recess configured to receive the pin;
the pin extends in a transverse direction;
a first side of the cam includes the recess;
a second side of the cam includes an anchor recess;
and the anchor recess is configured to receive a pin of the anchor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/378,603Filed 14 Dec 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: DE 10 2016 224 66312 Dec 2016
Published: US 2017/0166093 A115 Jun 2017
Granted: 4 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B60N 2/0806
Characterised by the locking device: with pin alignment systems, e.g. with at least one of a plurality of locking pins always aligned w.r.t. at…
B60N 2/01541
With locking elements expanding inside or under the vehicle floor or rail: using moving hooks
B60N 2/0825
Location of the latch: outside the rail
B60N 2/085
Pivoting: about a transversal axis

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Application62/267,554Us provisional application · filed 15 Dec 2015
US 2017/0166093 A1Pre-grant publication · published 15 Jun 2017
US 10,308,145 B2This patent

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