Patents Examined by Ramond O. Ramirez
  • Patent number: 5938164
    Abstract: A power seat adjuster for bucket type vehicle seats includes inboard and outboard track assemblies each including a fixed lower section, a movable upper or movable section and a precision sliding interface including roller bearings between the moving upper track and the fixed lower track, the surfaces of the tracks that are engaged by the roller bearings being crowned to provide a bearing surface that is slightly convex when the seat is unoccupied but which becomes nearly flat when the seat is occupied, and the bearing surfaces of the track being coated with a multi-layer dry film lubricant including a base coating of an anti-friction material and a top coating of an anti-stick material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Hoover Universal, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Kargol, Robert W. Jones, Bruce A. Hiemstra, Marc D. Hewko, Yannis Poulos, Ronald R. Siegrist, Wee Tzee Gam, David W. Husted, Chester S. Fudala