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US 2026/0084589 A1Published application
Vehicle Seat Adjustment System With Power Long Rails
AssigneeFisher & Company, Incorporated
InventorsMircea NAPAU, IIeana Dacia NAPAU, Ioan NAPAU, Sapan Mahendra POPTANI, Ryan MARTIN
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Abstract
A power rail system for a vehicle seat includes an outer track defining an elongated channel with an elongated lead screw mounted in the channel. An inner track is received in the elongated channel and a power length adjuster gear transmission is mounted to the inner track and drivingly engaged with the elongated lead screw. A seat structure is mounted to the inner track for movement along the power rail system.
Claims20
A power rail system for a vehicle seat, comprising:
- an outer track defining an elongated channel, wherein the outer track includes a base and a pair of sidewalls, the pair of sidewalls each include a hook-shaped upper flange in cross-section;
- an elongated lead screw mounted in the channel;
- an inner track received in the elongated channel, wherein the inner track includes a pair of side flanges that are received in the hook-shaped upper flanges of the pair of sidewalls;
- a power length adjuster gear transmission mounted to the inner track and drivingly engaged with the elongated lead screw;
- a pair of elongated carpet cover rails, wherein each of the elongated carpet cover rails is mounted on a respective one of opposite sides of the outer track, and wherein the elongated carpet cover rails extend laterally outward from the respective sides of the outer track in opposite directions;
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- a plurality of carpet cover brackets, wherein each carpet cover bracket extends around an outer periphery of the outer track and engages both of the elongated carpet cover rails.
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A vehicle seat comprising:
- a pair of power rails each including:
- an outer track defining an elongated channel;
- an elongated lead screw mounted in the channel;
- an inner track received in the elongated channel;
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- a power length adjuster gear transmission mounted to the inner track and drivingly engaged with the elongated lead screw;
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- a seat structure mounted to the inner track of each of the pair of power rails,
- wherein the inner track is supported within the channel by a roller bearing system, and
- wherein the roller bearing system includes front and rear roller cage pairs disposed at a front and a rear end of the inner track, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.