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US 10,895,305 B2Granted
Single motor power seat
AssigneeMagna Seating Inc.
InventorsRodney Dalgord, David Runde
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Abstract
A single motor gearbox assembly (100) including a shift motor (104) operatively connected to a shift worm (106), a worm gear (108), a drive selection arm (110), and a drive motor (116) operatively connected to a plurality of output gears (112a-112c) to selectively control multiple seat assembly functions. The single motor gearbox assembly (100) further includes a plurality of micro-switches (114a-114c) configured to activate/deactivate the shift motor (104) and the drive motor (116).
Claims6
A single motor gearbox assembly (100) for driving multiple selected outputs, the assembly comprising:
- a housing (102);
- a shift motor (104) supported by the housing (102);
- a drive motor (116) supported by the housing (102) for driving a main drive gear (140);
- a plurality of spaced apart output gears (112a-112c) rotatably supported by the housing (102) and selectively driven by the drive motor (116);
- a drive selection arm (110) operatively coupled to said shift motor (104) for actuation between select positions aligned with at least one of said output gears (112a-112c), said drive selection arm (110) including an intermediate gear (132) meshed between said main drive gear (140) and one of said output gears (112a-112c) in response to alignment of said drive selection arm (110) with the output gear (112a-112c) in the select position for actuating and driving the output gear (112a-112c) and the selected output;
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- a plurality of micro-switches (114a-114c) operably connected to interchangeably activate and deactivate the shift motor (104) for alignment of the drive selection arm (110) with one of the output gears (112a-112c) and the drive motor (116) for driving the main (140), intermediate (132), and output gears (112a-112c).
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