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US 12,649,392 B2Granted
Drive mechanism for a seat cushion length extender
AssigneeAdient US LLC
InventorsJohn David Newberry, Scott Allen Profozich, Pritam Rajaram Mali
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Abstract
A drive mechanism for a seat cushion length extender may have a lower slide, an upper slide slidably engaged with the lower slide, a linkage member having a threaded rod having a flange end with an aperture therethrough and a pin located through the linkage flange aperture and the linkage member aperture.
Claims20
A drive mechanism for a seat cushion length extender, comprising:
- a lower slide having two lateral side portions bounding a central portion, wherein an area of the central portion is recessed below the lateral side portions, and another portion of the central portion comprises a motor aperture,
- an upper slide having rails slidably engaged with the lateral side portions and at least one linkage flange with an aperture extending from a lower surface of the upper slide,
- a linkage member comprising a threaded rod having a flange end with an aperture therethrough;
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- a pin located through the linkage flange aperture and the linkage member aperture;
- wherein receptacles adapted to receive portions of a pusher are located at laterally outboard portions along a forward portion of the upper slide.
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A drive mechanism for a seat cushion length extender, comprising:
- a lower slide having two lateral side portions bounding a central portion, wherein the central portion comprises a motor aperture,
- an upper slide having rails slidably engaged with the lateral side portions,
- a linkage member comprising a threaded rod,
- wherein the central portion has a motor mount with a depression therein for the threaded rod, wherein two transmission fastener apertures are located on either side of the depression.
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A drive mechanism for a seat cushion length extender, comprising:
- a lower slide having two lateral side portions bounding a central portion,
- an upper slide having rails slidably engaged with the lateral side portions,
- a linkage member comprising a threaded rod having a flange end with an aperture therethrough;
- wherein receptacles for receiving portions of a pusher are located at laterally outboard portions along a forward portion of the upper slide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.