Dura Global Technologies, Inc.

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Technology, LLC

Nathan Allen Clark

Pascal Emanuel Garrido

Joseph Allen Wilbanks, Ii

Gregory David Collins

Christopher Clifford

Mark Volkmann

Jack P Pogodzinski

Steven M Foster

Joseph Melekian

Kenneth Kinfun Yu

James Levinson

Bogdan T Kolodziej

George Richard Thatcher

William T Polesnak

David M Donegan

Robert H Davis

A method of welding an axle housing surface to a blank surface includes generated heat in one of the two components. Heat is generated from at least one of these surfaces at their interface sufficient to weld them together. The surfaces are then applied together.

Method for welding a differential housing

A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat bottom and a seat back supported for movement relative to the seat bottom such that seat position can be adjusted forwardly or rearwardly with respect to the vehicle. The seat assembly is mounted to a vehicle structure and includes a first track and a second track supported for movement relative to the first track with the seat bottom being supported on the second track for movement with the second track. A support member presents a bearing surface that rotatably engages a bearing surface on the second track. At least one adjustment link is used to interconnect the support member and the seat bottom. The adjustment link is mounted on the support member for rotation therewith to provide vertical seat adjustment. A torque tube engages the support member to provide rotational input to the adjustment link.

Snap-on torque tube for seat track assembly

A vehicle seat mounting assembly includes a mounting pin rotatably retained in a support foot to removably retain a seat track assembly to a vehicle floor member. The support foot is located on the vehicle floor member and the mounting pin is moved downward through a slot in the vehicle floor member. The mounting pin is rotated within the support foot and released such that the biasing member moves the mounting pin upward into a receipt member. Another embodiment of the vehicle seat mounting assembly includes a pin having an engagement surface. The mounting pin is passed through the vehicle floor member an into a receipt member. To retain the mounting pin in the receipt member, a spring biased locking member engages the engagement surface of the mounting pin. The receipt member is preferably mounted such that the receipt member can move or &ldquo;float&rdquo; relative to the vehicle floor member such that during receipt of the mounting pin, various tolerance variations between the seat and the vehicle floor member are accommodated.

Seat adjuster quick install mount

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Warren, MI, United States of America

Nathan Allen Clark