Abstract: A power seat height adjuster mechanism for a seat of a vehicle includes a motor having an output shaft, a speed reduction mechanism cooperating with the output shaft of the motor to reduce an output speed of the motor, a nut drive mechanism cooperating with the speed reduction mechanism and having a translatable output member to rotate an adjustment component of the seat to adjust a height of the seat, and a locking mechanism cooperating with the speed reduction mechanism to allow the height of the seat to be adjusted and to prevent the height of the seat from moving once the height has been adjusted.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2009
Date of Patent:
October 15, 2013
Assignee:
CRH North America, Inc.
Inventors:
Mircea Napau, Ioan Napau, Mike Chupa, Robert James Bachula
Abstract: A manual seat height adjuster mechanism for a seat of a vehicle includes a freewheel brake mechanism having a rotatable output pinion to engage and rotate an adjustment component of the seat to adjust a height of the seat and a locking mechanism selectively engagable and disengageable with the freewheel brake mechanism to allow the height of the seat to be adjusted and to prevent the height of the seat from moving once the height has been adjusted.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 23, 2008
Date of Patent:
July 30, 2013
Assignee:
CRH North America, Inc.
Inventors:
Ioan Napau, Mircea Napau, Mike Chapa, Robert James Bachula
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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2010
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2013
Assignee:
CRH North America, Inc.
Inventors:
Mircea Napau, Ioan Napau, Dean Lenane, Robert James Bachula, Tobias Keller, Patrick Frank Timmerman