Low profile seat track system

US8382057B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CRH North America, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mircea Napau · Sterling Heights, US
• Ioan Napau · Rochester Hills, US
• Dean Lenane · Birmingham, US
• Robert James Bachula · Chesterfield Township, US
• Tobias Keller · Grosse Pointe Woods, US
• Patrick Frank Timmerman · Howell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20636
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat track system for a seat of a vehicle includes at least one seat track having a lower track member adapted to be fixed to a vehicle structure and an upper track member adapted to be connected to a seat and moveable relative to the lower track member. The seat track system also includes a manual positive engagement locking system cooperating with the at least one seat track to allow longitudinal adjustment of the upper track member relative to the lower track member and to positively engage the at least one seat track such that a locking element does extend through the locking plate but does not extend below the lower track member.