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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
May. 23, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Patrick Maloney, Livonia, MI (US);
John Wayne Jaranson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christian J. Hosbach, Taylor, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat base. A floor track assembly includes a floor track having a roller track and a rack. At least one pinion gear is configured to rotate along the rack. At least one floor track motor is disposed adjacent to the floor track assembly. The at least one floor track motor rotates the at least one pinion gear along the rack to laterally translate the seat base fore and aft. An elevated track assembly is operably coupled to the floor track assembly. The seat base is coupled to the elevated track assembly. The elevated track assembly is laterally translatable relative to the floor track assembly.