Linear seat position sensor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly includes a track having an axis. The assembly includes a vehicle seat moveable relative the track along the axis. The assembly includes a ramp elongated along the axis. The assembly includes a linear variable differential transformer having a housing and a plunger moveably supported by the housing. The plunger contacts the ramp. The ramp being fixed relative to one of the vehicle seat or the track and the housing of the linear variable differential transformer being fixed relative to the other of the vehicle seat or the track.
Claims17
An assembly comprising:
- a track having an axis;
- a vehicle seat moveable relative to the track along the axis;
- a ramp elongated along the axis;
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- a linear variable differential transformer having a housing and a plunger moveably supported by the housing, the plunger contacting the ramp;
- the ramp being fixed relative to one of the vehicle seat or the track and the housing of the linear variable differential transformer being fixed relative to the other of the vehicle seat or the track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.