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US 2013/0200243 A1Published application
Seat Track Having Selectable End Stop Positions
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsHans-Peter Mischer, Michael Wojatzki
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Abstract
A seat track assembly includes a moveable rail configured to support a seat and a stationary rail configured to be mounted to a floor structure. The moveable rail is selectively positioned relative to the stationary rail is a plurality of use positions. The moveable and stationary rails include end stop structures that cooperate to adjust the overall travel length and travel midpoint position of the moveable rail relative to the stationary rail.
Claims20
A seat track assembly comprising:
- a moveable rail supported on a stationary rail for selective movement relative thereto, the stationary rail having at least one intermediate stop tab deformable between a bypass position, wherein the intermediate stop tab does not interfere with movement of the moveable rail, and an intermediate end stop position, wherein the intermediate end stop tab interferes with the moveable rail relative to the stationary rail.
A seat track assembly comprising:
- a first rail defining a longitudinal track axis and having an extending structure selectively deployable along the track axis;
- and
- a second rail that supports the first rail for telescopic relative movement along the longitudinal track axis, the extending structure of the first rail configured to selectively engage a portion of the second rail to limit an overall travel length of the first rail relative to the second rail.
A method of forming a seat track assembly comprising the steps of:
- determining a travel midpoint along a longitudinal track axis of a first rail relative to a second rail;
- deploying an extending structure on the first rail at the determined travel midpoint along the longitudinal track axis;
- determining a first end of travel length of the first rail relative to the second rail, and selecting and deforming a first intermediate stop tab from a plurality of intermediate stop tabs formed along the longitudinal track axis of the second rail such that the extending structure engages the first intermediate stop tab at the first end of travel;
- assembling the first rail onto the second rail for relative telescopic movement along the longitudinal track axis;
- and
- providing an end stop on the second rail to limit the travel length of the first rail.
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