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Device for adjusting the length of the seat base for a motor vehicle seat and seat comprising such a device

US8579373B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 18, 2011
Grant dateNov 12, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2/62
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat base length adjustment device including a seat nose plate assembled on a carriage movable with respect to the seating frame, means for slidably guiding the carriage, and means for maintaining the carriage in position with respect to said frame. The sliding guide means comprises a guide rail located in a middle portion of the carriage, the carriage supports a toothed wheel, rotatably assembled on the carriage along an axis perpendicular to the seating frame and to the sliding direction, and meshing with a rack arranged close to the guide rail, and the means for maintaining the carriage in position comprises a lock acting on the rotation of the toothed wheel.

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