Anti-chuck mechanism for seat track assembly

A track assembly for mounting a seat within a vehicle, the track assembly comprising:

• a first track having a plurality of first apertures;
• a second track having a plurality of second apertures;
• and
• a latch assembly including:
• a latch plate movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the latch plate including a plurality of first teeth that selectively extend through the plurality of first apertures and through a subset of the plurality of second apertures when the latch plate is in the engaged position, wherein at least one of the plurality of first apertures is wider than a first latch tooth of the plurality of first teeth;
• and
• an anti-chuck component coupled to the latch plate, the anti-chuck component including a tooth that extends along and contacts a face of the first latch tooth of the plurality of first teeth;
• wherein the anti-chuck component is fixed to the latch plate by a fastener such that the tooth of the anti-chuck component is configured to move with the first latch tooth of the plurality of first teeth.

A track assembly for mounting a seat within a vehicle, the track assembly comprising:

• a first track having a plurality of first apertures;
• a second track having a plurality of second apertures;
• and
• a latch assembly including:
• a latch plate movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the latch plate including a plurality of first teeth that selectively extend through the plurality of first apertures and through at least one of the plurality of second apertures when the latch plate is in the engaged position, wherein, when the latch plate is in the engaged position, a first gap is present between a first latch tooth of the plurality of first teeth and a first side of one of the plurality of first apertures, and a second gap is present between the first latch tooth of the plurality of first teeth and a second side of the one of the plurality of first apertures;
• and
• an anti-chuck component coupled to the latch plate, the anti-chuck component including a tooth that extends along a face of the first latch tooth of the plurality of first teeth;
• wherein the tooth of the anti-chuck component is wider than the first latch tooth such that the tooth of the anti-chuck component extends laterally past (a) a first lateral edge of the first latch tooth positioned proximate the first side of the one of the plurality of first apertures and (b) a second lateral edge of the first latch tooth positioned proximate the second side of the one of the plurality of first apertures such that the tooth of the anti-chuck component engages with the first side and the second side of the one of the plurality of first apertures when the latch plate is in the engaged position.