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US 12,570,222 B2Granted
Cover assemblies for seat rail at vehicle floor
AssigneeAtieva, Inc.
InventorsMarek Kwiatek, Khaled Abdo, Karan Shrikant Gujarathi
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Abstract
A cover assembly for a seat rail mounted to a floor of a vehicle comprises: a structural housing configured to be mounted to the floor of the vehicle, the structural housing defining tracks, the tracks positioned on opposite sides of an opening for a moving seat rail to ride on the seat rail; telescoping covers comprising a fixed cover attached to the structural housing, a first moving cover configured to slide on the tracks relative to the fixed cover, and a second moving cover configured to be mounted to the moving seat rail and slide on the tracks relative to the first moving cover and the fixed cover; and a biasing member coupled to the first moving cover and to the structural housing.
Claims20
A cover assembly for a seat rail mounted to a floor of a vehicle, the cover assembly comprising:
- a structural housing configured to be mounted to the floor of the vehicle, the structural housing defining tracks, the tracks positioned on opposite sides of an opening for a moving seat rail to ride on the seat rail;
- telescoping covers comprising a fixed cover attached to the structural housing, a first moving cover configured to slide on the tracks relative to the fixed cover, and a second moving cover configured to be mounted to the moving seat rail and slide on the tracks relative to the first moving cover and the fixed cover;
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- a biasing member directly coupled to the first moving cover and to the structural housing.
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A cover assembly for a seat rail mounted to a floor of a vehicle, the cover assembly comprising:
- a structural housing configured to be mounted to the floor of the vehicle, the structural housing defining tracks, the tracks positioned on opposite sides of an opening for a moving seat rail to ride on the seat rail;
- telescoping covers comprising a fixed cover attached to the structural housing, a first moving cover configured to slide on the tracks relative to the fixed cover, and a second moving cover configured to be mounted to the moving seat rail and slide on the tracks relative to the first moving cover and the fixed cover;
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- a biasing member coupled to the first moving cover and to the structural housing;
- wherein the opening is toward a rear of the structural housing when the cover assembly is installed in the vehicle.
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A cover assembly for a seat rail mounted to a floor of a vehicle, the cover assembly comprising:
- a structural housing configured to be mounted to the floor of the vehicle, the structural housing defining tracks, the tracks positioned on opposite sides of an opening for a moving seat rail to ride on the seat rail;
- telescoping covers comprising a fixed cover attached to the structural housing, a first moving cover configured to slide on the tracks relative to the fixed cover, and a second moving cover configured to be mounted to the moving seat rail and slide on the tracks relative to the first moving cover and the fixed cover;
- a biasing member coupled to the first moving cover and to the structural housing;
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- a detent that limits movement of the first moving cover relative to the fixed cover.
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A cover assembly for a seat rail mounted to a floor of a vehicle, the cover assembly comprising:
- a structural housing configured to be mounted to the floor of the vehicle, the structural housing defining tracks, the tracks positioned on opposite sides of an opening for a moving seat rail to ride on the seat rail;
- telescoping covers comprising a fixed cover attached to the structural housing, a first moving cover configured to slide on the tracks relative to the fixed cover, and a second moving cover configured to be mounted to the moving seat rail and slide on the tracks relative to the first moving cover and the fixed cover;
- a biasing member coupled to the first moving cover and to the structural housing;
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- a detent that limits movement of the first and second moving covers relative to each other.
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A cover assembly for a seat rail mounted to a floor of a vehicle, the cover assembly comprising:
- a structural housing configured to be mounted to the floor of the vehicle, the structural housing defining tracks, the tracks positioned on opposite sides of an opening for a moving seat rail to ride on the seat rail;
- telescoping covers comprising a fixed cover attached to the structural housing, a first moving cover configured to slide on the tracks relative to the fixed cover, and a second moving cover configured to be mounted to the moving seat rail and slide on the tracks relative to the first moving cover and the fixed cover;
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- a biasing member coupled to the first moving cover and to the structural housing;
- wherein the tracks comprise:
- first side tracks that are parallel with each other and extend along opposite sides of the opening from a beginning of the opening and to a point past an end of the opening, wherein the first moving cover defines first sliders, at least one of the first sliders positioned on each of opposite sides of the first moving cover, the first sliders positioned in the first side tracks;
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- second side tracks that are parallel with each other and extend along the opposite sides of the opening from the beginning of the opening and to the point past an end of the opening, the second side tracks being parallel with, and positioned below, the first side tracks, wherein the second moving cover defines second sliders, at least one of the second sliders positioned on each of opposite sides of the second moving cover, the second sliders positioned in the second side tracks.
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A cover assembly for a seat rail mounted to a floor of a vehicle, the cover assembly comprising:
- a structural housing configured to be mounted to the floor of the vehicle, the structural housing defining:
- an opening for a moving seat rail to ride on the seat rail;
- first side tracks that are parallel with each other and extend along opposite sides of the opening from a beginning of the opening and to a point past an end of the opening;
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- second side tracks that are parallel with each other and extend along the opposite sides of the opening from the beginning of the opening and to the point past an end of the opening, the second side tracks being parallel with, and positioned below, the first side tracks;
- a fixed cover that is fixed to the structural housing;
- a first moving cover having first sliders, at least one of the first sliders positioned on each of opposing sides of the first moving cover, the first sliders positioned in the first side tracks;
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- a second moving cover having second sliders, at least one of the second sliders positioned on each of opposing sides of the second moving cover, the second sliders positioned in the second side tracks, the second moving cover to be mounted to the moving seat rail.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body including a passenger compartment;
- a seat having a first moving seat rail to ride on a first seat rail mounted to a floor of the passenger compartment;
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- a first cover assembly for the first seat rail, the first cover assembly comprising:
- a first structural housing configured to be mounted to the floor of the vehicle, the first structural housing defining tracks, the tracks positioned on opposite sides of an opening for the first moving seat rail to ride on the first seat rail;
- first telescoping covers comprising a fixed cover attached to the structural housing, a first moving cover configured to slide on the tracks relative to the fixed cover, and a second moving cover configured to slide on the tracks relative to the first moving cover and the fixed cover;
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- a first biasing member directly coupled to the first moving cover and to the structural housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.