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US 4,530,481 AGranted
Seat rail
AssigneeKeiper Recarco GmbH & Co.
InventorsBernd Kluting, Peter Ebeling, Willibald Strowik
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Abstract
A seat rail for vehicle seats, particularly motor vehicle seats, is formed as a housing in which at least one drive element of a seat adjustment device is arranged. A slide rail which serves the longitudinally movable adjustment is a guide rail is formed on the seat rail. Seat adjustment devices to control the height, longitudinal movement or the angle of inclination of the seat may be included in the seat rail.
Claims16
A seat rail for vehicle seats, particularly for motor vehicle seats comprising:
- a guide rail;
- a seat rail housing comprising two half shells joined together to form a hollow casing, each half shell having a lower edge, the lower edges of said half shells forming a slide rail, said seat rail housing being movable longitudinally in said guide rail;
- means for longitudinally adjusting the position of said seat rail, said adjusting means comprising a first gear mounted in said housing, second gears mounted on each side of said first gear in fixed relation thereto, and a toothed element mounted on said guide rail and enmeshed with said second gears;
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- means disposed in said housing for driving said first gear.
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A seat rail assembly for vehicle seats, particularly for motor vehicle seats, comprising:
- a guide rail adapted to be fixedly mounted to a vehicle;
- a seat rail comprising two half shells formed as a housing having a central dividing plane, said seat rail being slidably mounted for longitudinal adjustment relative to said guide rail;
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- means for adjusting said seat rail relative to said guide rail, said adjusting means comprising a rack mounted to said guide rail, a first gear mounted in said housing along the central dividing plane thereof, a pair of second gears mounted in said housing in fixed relation with said first gear on opposite sides thereof, and symmetrical to said central dividing plane, said second gears being enmeshed with said rack, and means for driving said first gear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.