Hoover Universal, Inc.

Sparton Corporation

David M Sovis

Donald R Rempinski

Donald R Britt

Mikhail Livshits

A two-piece sheave assembly is provided for a tire lift/carrier winch. The sheave assembly includes a molded plastic, one-piece sheave component that is molded to include a first sheave side plate, an integral sheave center hub with a cable-wrapping track thereon and optionally an integral annular toothed driven ring gear for mating with a toothed drive gear of the winch. The molded plastic sheave component is attached to a second sheave side plate, which may be metal, to form the two-piece sheave assembly. Apertures for the winch drive shaft and the pivotable cable end fitting are integrally molded in the first sheave component.

Sheave assembly for a tire lift/carrier winch

A vehicle seat adjuster with an easy entry mechanism for releasing the seat latch to enable the seat to move forward upon a forward rotation of the seat back from its generally upright position. The easy entry mechanism includes a set position locator on the stationary rail of the seat adjustor to serve as a memory of the adjusted seat position to relatch the seat in its adjusted position upon return of the seat. During manual seat adjustment the set position locator is moved along with the seat assembly.

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Novi, MI, United States of America

David M Sovis