Patent · US Expired

Vehicle seat and adjusting arrangement thereof

US4470318A · kind A · utility

21Cited by

10References

29Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Keiper Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Heinz P. Cremer · Remscheid, DE
Werner Wittig · Winnweiler, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 1982
Grant date	Sep 11, 1984
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 16, 2002

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/19879
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for adjusting a seat of a vehicle has a plurality of adjusting elements arranged to adjust the position of the seat, a drive motor, and a distributing transmission provided within the drive motor and the adjusting elements and including a plurality of driven shafts having gears and connected with the adjusting elements, and at least one intermediate gear driven by the motor, wherein the distributing transmission includes a stepping transmission arranged so that, with a selectable step, the stepping transmission brings the intermediate gear into driving engagement with a gear of a respective one of the driven shafts, and the intermediate gear is fixed in this position without preventing its rotation about its axis.

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