Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Jeffrey Alan Glinter

Brian Hale Staser

Gary A Wize

Alfonso Pineda

Kevin John Van Nieulande

A window regulator has a lift arm pivoted on the door and rotatable to raise and lower a window between open and closed positions. A lever is carried by the arm and pivotally connected to a gear rack crank. A crank mechanism is provided for turning a pinion gear and the pinion gear meshes with the gear rack. Accordingly, rotation of the pinion gear translates the rack and rotates the lever to pivot the lift arm thereby raising and lowering the window. A swing arm is pivoted on the pinion shaft and carries a roller which engages the rack so that the rack is captured between the roller and the pinion gear to maintain the rack in engagement with the pinion.

Rack and pinion window regulator

An arrangement for connecting a vehicle seat in at least two positions is provided. The arrangement includes a floor first surface; a cross pin having a cross section with a first larger width and a second smaller width; a chair leg having a slot which has a first end wider than the cross pin first width, the slot also having a neck and a closure section divided away from the slot first end by the neck, the closure section having a dimension less than the cross pin first width and greater than the cross pin second width; and a lock arm with a finger for locking on to the pin about the second width to entrap the pin in the closure section of the slot. Thus, in a normal first seating position, the seat leg is positioned to place the cross pin in close proximity to the neck of the slot, and in a second fold-up storage position, the seat leg is held in a second position extending more vertically upward than in the first position by the latch locking on to the second width of the cross pin.

Vehicle seat connective arrangement

A vehicle seat is provided which includes a riser assembly; a floor latch for joining a rear leg to a vehicle floor releasable by a pull cable; a seat back bracket joined to the riser having first, second and third pins connected thereto and a first slot; a seat back foldable from an upright position to a fold position pivotally connected to the seat back bracket via the first pin, and the seat back having a connected fourth pin captured within the seat back first slot; a pawl connected to the third pin angularly biased toward the fourth pin when the seat back is in an upright position; a release lever connected to the seat back bracket having a handle and first and second fingers bifurcated by a slot which accepts the fourth pin, one of the fingers having a tab to remove the lock pawl from engagement with the fourth pin when the seat back is moved to the folded position from the upright position; a first link pivotally connected to the seat back bracket; and a second link pivotally joined to the release lever and to the first link.

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Waterford, MI, United States of America

Jeffrey Alan Glinter