US 6,206,333 B1 · Motor mount for vehicular seat apparatus

Abstract

An electric motor, used for moving a seat of a vehicular seat apparatus, is mounted to mounting brackets so as not to produce vibration or unusual sounds. A cylindrical stepped portion projects from a bottom surface of a yoke of the electric motor. A fitting recess, formed in a frame member, is press-fitted over the yoke stepped portion such that the second frame member is checked from rotating relative to a motor armature shaft, but is allowed to move axially. The electric motor, including the second frame member, is disposed between a pair of first and second mounting brackets arranged in an opposed relationship in the axial direction of the electric motor. The electric motor is fixed by tightening screws into threaded holes formed in the frame member from an outer surface of the adjacent mounting bracket so that no gap is left between the frame member and the adjacent mounting bracket.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An electric motor mounting assembly for a vehicular seat apparatus in which an electric motor serves as a power source for moving a seat, the electric motor is disposed between a pair of mounting brackets arranged in opposed relation in the axial direction of a motor shaft, the mounting assembly comprising:

a first frame member attached at a first end of the electric motor to fix the electric motor to a first mounting bracket of the pair of mounting brackets;
a second frame member mounted to a second end of the electric motor, the second frame member fixed to the second mounting bracket of the pair of mounting brackets to be nonrotatable relative to the motor shaft but axially movable relative to the motor shaft.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Motor mount for vehicular seat apparatus

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Motor mount for vehicular seat apparatus

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Abstract

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