Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg

Brose Fahrzeugteile Se & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg

Sean Sabo

Leo Ioppolo

Dhiraj Kharche

David Becker

A method of assembling a release assembly for use in a vehicle seat. The method including attaching a spring to a coupling, the spring including a first end and a second end, wherein the coupling defines a first receptacle and a channel, and inserting the first end of the spring into the channel defined by the coupling. Inserting a portion of the coupling into a second receptacle defined by an actuation lever, the actuation lever fixed to a transverse member, and configured to pivot about an axis defined transverse member to engage a locking lever of the locking device to unlock the translatable rail from the fixed rail. The method further including rotating the coupling in a first rotational direction, relative to the second receptacle, to a first rotational position so that the second end of the spring engages the actuation lever.

Vehicle seat longitudinal adjustment assembly

An assembly group of a vehicle seat, comprises a lower guide rail attachable to a vehicle floor and an upper guide rail coupled to the lower guide rail and movable with respect to the lower guide rail along a longitudinal axis, the upper guide rail comprising a top wall and a pair of side walls connected by the top wall. A link arm is pivotably connectable to the upper guide rail for coupling a frame assembly to the upper guide rail. A first fastener for pivotably coupling the link arm to the upper guide rail is disposed between the pair of side walls and being at least partially positioned below a top surface of the top wall.

Assembly group of a vehicle seat comprising

A connection element for connecting vehicle parts to each other comprises: a fastening section operative to be fastened to a first vehicle part, the fastening section comprising a planar face having a first side for abutting the first vehicle part and a second side opposite the first side, the fastening section further comprising a wall section protruding from the planar face at said second side and at least partially bordering the planar face at said second side; a drainage opening formed in the planar face and being surrounded by an edge, the drainage opening being operative to drain liquid from the second side of planar face towards the first side; and an indentation at least partially formed on the planar face in the vicinity of the drainage opening, the edge of the drainage opening extending across the indentation such that the edge of the drainage opening in the region of the indentation is raised towards said second side of the planar face.

Connection element having a drainage opening

A longitudinally adjustable vehicle seat comprises a seat frame, a backrest pivotally mounted on the seat frame and foldable down in the direction of a seat surface of the seat frame, a longitudinal rail guide having a guide rail pairincluding a lower guide railand an upper guide rail, a seat adjuster mechanism including a releasable locking devicefor locking and unlocking the position of the upper guide railrelative to the lower guide railin a design position P between an internal full rear limit stop and a comfort full forward limit stopdefining a functional comfort adjustment range D, an easy-entry mechanism for displacing the vehicle seat to an extended travel full forward position C upon folding down the backrest onto the seat surface, and a pivotable over-travel and limit stop bracketwhich is adapted to rotate to bypass the comfort full forward limit stopupon activation of the easy-entry mechanism for entering an extended travel range.

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Sean Sabo