Apparatus for moving seat rail for vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Transys Inc.
InventorYOUNG SUN LEE
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Abstract
An apparatus for moving a seat rail for a vehicle includes a casing, a lead nut mounted in the casing, screw-coupled to a lead screw configured to penetrate the casing, and configured to move along the lead screw, a worm wheel coupled to an outer-diameter portion of the lead nut, a locking member provided between the outer-diameter portion of the lead nut and an inner-diameter portion of the worm wheel, and a clutch drum coupled to one side outer-diameter portion of the lead nut so as to be opposite to the worm wheel and configured to perform an engagement operation to release a locked state of the locking member and prevent power from the worm wheel from being transmitted to the lead nut.
Claims20
An apparatus for moving a seat rail for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a casing;
- a lead nut mounted in the casing and configured to be screw-coupled to a lead screw penetrating the casing and move along the lead screw;
- a worm wheel coupled to an outer-diameter portion of the lead nut;
- at least one locking member disposed between the outer-diameter portion of the lead nut and an inner-diameter portion of the worm wheel;
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- a clutch drum coupled to one side of the outer-diameter portion of the lead nut and facing the worm wheel, the clutch drum being configured to perform an engagement operation to release a locked state of the at least one locking member and prevent power from the worm wheel from being transmitted to the lead nut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.