Seat adjustment assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPatrick Maloney, John Wayne Jaranson, Christian J. Hosbach, Johnathan Andrew Line, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar
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Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat base. A floor track assembly includes a floor track having a roller track and a rack. At least one pinion gear is configured to rotate along the rack. At least one floor track motor is disposed adjacent to the floor track assembly. The at least one floor track motor rotates the at least one pinion gear along the rack to laterally translate the seat base fore and aft. An elevated track assembly is operably coupled to the floor track assembly. The seat base is coupled to the elevated track assembly. The elevated track assembly is laterally translatable relative to the floor track assembly.
Claims20
A vehicle seating assembly, comprising:
- a seat base;
- a floor track assembly including a floor track having a roller track and a rack;
- at least one pinion gear configured to rotate along the rack;
- at least one floor track motor disposed adjacent to the floor track assembly, wherein the at least one floor track motor rotates the at least one pinion gear along the rack to laterally translate the seat base fore and aft;
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- an elevated track assembly operably coupled to the floor track assembly, wherein the seat base is coupled to the elevated track assembly, and wherein the elevated track assembly is laterally translatable relative to the floor track assembly.
A seating assembly, comprising:
- a floor track assembly including a floor track for laterally translating a seat base between fore and aft positions;
- a first floor track motor disposed adjacent to the floor track assembly;
- a second floor track motor disposed adjacent to the floor track assembly and operably coupled to the first floor track motor, wherein the first and second floor track motors laterally translate the seat base along the floor track assembly;
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- an elevated track assembly including an elevated track for laterally translating the seat base relative to the floor track assembly, wherein the elevated track assembly is operably coupled to the floor track assembly.
A seat adjustment assembly, comprising:
- a floor track assembly including a floor track having a rack;
- a floor track motor assembly including at least one floor track motor and a pinion gear, wherein the at least one floor track motor rotates the pinion gear along the rack;
- an elevated track assembly operably coupled to the floor track assembly;
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- an elevated track motor assembly including an elevated track motor for laterally translating a seat base fore and aft relative to the floor track assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.