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Seat track assembly with load pins

a technology of load pins and seat tracks, which is applied in the direction of seating furniture, vehicle components, vehicle arrangements, etc., can solve the problems of affecting the ability of the vehicle manufacturer to install the tracks, affecting the movement of the outer rail on the inner rail, and unsatisfactory results for the occupants

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-09-25
ELIO PAUL A +2
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If the force is great enough, failure occurs, with undesirable results to the occupant.
Unfortunately, the problem with simply increasing the strength of the outer track to any desired level is the resulting compliance issues.
Greater strength results in inner compliance impairing the ability of the vehicle manufacturer to install the tracks and adversely affecting the movement of the outer rail on the inner rail.

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[0019]Turning now to the drawings in which like reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout the several views, attention is first directed to FIG. 1, which illustrates a seat 10 (without padding, etc. for an improved view) of a seat mechanism for use in vehicles or the like. Seat 10 is coupled to a seat supporting track assembly 12. Track assembly 12 has an inboard portion 13 and an outboard portion 14. As each of portions 13 and 14 are substantially identical with regard to the construction and operation of the present invention, only one (outboard portion 14) will be described in detail.

[0020]Outboard portion 14 includes an inner track 15 (lower track), typically coupled to a floor of the vehicle, and an outer track 16 (upper track), typically coupled to seat 10. Outer track 16 is constructed to be reciprocally movable along inner track 15 by employing a seat adjustment mechanism 18. Reciprocal movement of outer track 16 and the use of adjustment mechanism 18 i...

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Abstract

An assembly for mounting a seat on a track in a vehicle, the track including inboard and outboard parallel spaced apart track portions with each track portion including a lower track affixed to the vehicle and an upper track at least partially enclosing the lower track and reciprocally movable therealong. The assembly includes a pair of seat mounting plates associated with each inboard and outboard track portion with each pair including parallel spaced apart plates affixed to the seat and formed to partially enclose the associated track portion. A set of load pins is associated with each pair of seat mounting plates and extends between the associated seat mounting plates with one load pin of the set positioned below the lower track and another load pin of the set positioned above the upper track.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 895,800, filed 20 Mar. 2007.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to vehicular seating devices.[0003]More particularly, the present invention relates to track mounted seats for adjustment or movement.[0004]In a further and more specific aspect, the present invention concerns adjustable track mechanisms for vehicular seats.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0005]Vehicular seating devices generally include a seat bottom and a seat back (referred to hereinafter collectively as a “seat”) attached together either in a fixed or an adjustable position. In this context it will be understood that the term “vehicle” includes automobiles, buses, trucks, airplanes, and the like. One or more of the seating devices are generally mounted on the floor of the vehicle, depending upon the type of vehicle, by tracks that allow forward and rearward adjustment or move...

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IPC IPC(8): A47C1/00
CPCB60N2/073
Inventor ELIO, PAUL A.IYER, HARI SANKARAGLASPIE, ROBERT E.
Owner ELIO PAUL A