Magna Seating Inc

Avery Folk

Omar D Tame

Kai Zhao

Jeffrey P Carroll

Detjon Marini

Prasad D Jagtap

Timothy Jon Brush

Robert Thomas Coffey

Alan Proulx

Kristof M Kurzeja

Abhishek Kedia

Umesh Prakash Handigol

Nathan A Jensen

Lyle Dadd

Senthil Kumar Chinnadurai

Ravindra Thamake

Louis Vetere, Ii

Cheikh Dioum

Creston A Zang

James Rudberg

Donald W Gray, Jr

Louis Vetere Ii

Louis Ii Vetere

Donald W Gray Jr

Kristof Mathew Kurzeja

A long rail assembly for use in an automotive vehicle includes a fixed long rail and a power rail drive assembly having a drive wheel for transposing the power rail drive assembly along the fixed long rail. The power rail drive assembly includes an upper channel, a spring-loaded gearbox assembly fixedly coupled to the upper channel, and the drive wheel fixedly coupled to a drive shaft projecting from the spring-loaded gearbox assembly and rotated by the spring-loaded gearbox assembly for transposing the power rail drive assembly along the fixed long rail. The spring-loaded gearbox assembly includes a mounting bracket fixedly coupled to the upper channel, a gearbox repositionable within the mounting bracket, and a spring biasing the gearbox within the mounting bracket such that the drive wheel is engaged with the fixed long rail.

Spring loaded gearbox for power long rail assembly

A disc recliner mechanism for use in an automotive vehicle includes a plurality of pawls and a cam mounted between a guide plate and a tooth plate. Rotation of the cam moves the pawls between an extended position in which the pawls engage the tooth plate to lock the disc recliner mechanism and a retracted position in which the pawls disengage the tooth plate to unlock the disc recliner mechanism and allow rotation between the guide plate and the tooth plate. A notch is disposed on an engagement surface of a cam lobe disposed on the cam for reducing friction when the cam lobe engages a cam follower disposed on the pawls. The tooth plate includes a circumferential outer lip with a concentric channel for retaining lubricant and reducing rotational friction between the tooth plate and the guide plate.

Disc recliner mechanism for use in an automotive vehicle

A seat is provided in which a seat cushion is pivotally coupled to a seat back by a recliner assembly. The recliner assembly is selectively operable between a locked condition preventing pivotal movement of the seat back and an unlocked condition allowing pivotal movement of the seat back. A riser assembly supports the seat assembly above a floor, such as the floor of a vehicle, and is configured for actuation and movement of the seat assembly between a generally upright seating position, a pitched easy entry position tilted forwardly and downwardly towards the floor to allow easier ingress and egress behind the seat, and a stowed position recessed within a compartment below the floor.

Stow-in-floor seat assembly with pitched easy entry position

Growing community of inventors

Farmington Hills, MI, United States of America

Avery Folk