Belt Buckle Power Actuator For A Vehicle Seat
AssigneeFisher & Company, Incorporated
InventorsMircea NAPAU, Sapan Mahendra Poptani, Ryan Martin, Lailai Zhang
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Abstract
A belt buckle power actuator for a vehicle seat assembly may include a seat belt buckle arm pivotally mounted adjacent to a vehicle seat. The actuator include a motor having a drive shaft drivingly connected to a drive gear. A driven gear is meshingly driven by the drive gear and is drivingly connected to a lead screw. A nut is threadedly engaged with the lead screw and drivingly connected to the seat belt buckle arm.
Claims18
A belt buckle power actuator for a vehicle seat assembly, the belt buckle power actuator comprising:
- a seat belt buckle arm pivotally mounted adjacent to a vehicle seat frame;
- a motor having a drive shaft;
- a drive gear drivingly connected to the drive shaft;
- a driven gear meshingly driven by the drive gear;
- a lead screw drivingly connected to the driven gear and is received in a portion of the driven gear;
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- a nut threadedly engaged with the lead screw and drivingly connected to the seat belt buckle arm.
A belt buckle power actuator for a vehicle seat assembly, the belt buckle power actuator comprising:
- a seat belt buckle arm pivotally mounted adjacent to a vehicle seat frame;
- a motor having a drive shaft;
- a motor cover mounted to a face of the motor, the motor cover having an aperture through which the drive shaft extends, the motor cover further including a first recess receiving a first bearing bushing therein;
- a gear box housing having a first end connected to the motor cover;
- a front cover connected to a second end of the gear box;
- a drive gear drivingly connected to the drive shaft and including a shaft portion received in a second bearing bushing supported by the front cover;
- a driven gear meshingly driven by the drive gear, the driven gear including a first shaft portion received in the first bearing bushing and a second shaft portion received in a third bearing bushing supported within a second recess in the front cover;
- a lead screw drivingly connected to the driven gear and extending through an aperture in the front cover;
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- a nut threadedly engaged with the lead screw and drivingly connected to the seat belt buckle arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.