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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2019
Magna Seating Inc., Aurora, CA;
Kai Zhao, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michael D. Nacy, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Detjon Marini, White Lake, MI (US);
Louis Vetere, Ii, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Cheikh Dioum, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Kai Zhao, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michael D Nacy, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Detjon Marini, White Lake, MI (US);
Louis Vetere, II, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Cheikh Dioum, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Magna Seating Inc, Aurora, CA;
Abstract
A power long rail assembly is attached to a vehicle floor for repositioning vehicle seats in a vehicle between a plurality of seating positions. The power long rail assembly includes a fixed long rail and a power rail drive assembly configured to travel along the fixed long rail. The power rail drive assembly has an upper channel having a driving wheel configured to frictionally and/or meshingly engage with the fixed long rail, a fore/aft motor operatively coupled to the driving wheel, a latch assembly for locking the upper channel to the fixed long rail, and a latch release mechanism having a latch motor operatively coupled to a release plunger for automatically unlocking the latch assembly from the fixed long rail, and a fore/aft button operatively coupled to the fore/aft motor and to the latch motor to selectively activate the fore/aft motor and the latch motor.