Single motor module for a vehicle seat

US6626064B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Lear Corporation · US

Inventors

• H. Winston Maue · Northville, US
• Eric Krupp · Canton, US
• Michael Maass · Pittsburgh, US
• John R. Sims · Dearborn, US
• Samir Nayfeh · Shrewsbury, US
• Justin Raade · Washburn, US
• Amy W. Cai · Minneapolis, US
• Jeehan S. Faiz · Dhaka, BD
• Mario Montoya · San Antonio, US
• Erick Eladio Rios · Sabana Grande, US
• Pablo Tribin · Miami, US
• Ernesto E. Blanco · Belmont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/19074
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat assembly includes a motor coupled to an output shaft. At least two driven shafts are each operable between three operating modes. The three operating modes are a stationary mode, a first rotational direction, and a second rotational direction. A transmission assembly connects the driven shafts to the output shaft. The transmission assembly is operable to control each of the driven shafts in any one of the three operating modes when the output shaft rotates in the first rotational direction.