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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2021
Magna Seating Inc, Aurora, CA;
Kai Zhao, Novi, MI (US);
Detjon Marini, White Lake, MI (US);
Avery Folk, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Kristof M Kurzeja, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Magna Seating Inc., Aurora, CA;
Abstract
A long rail assembly for use in an automotive vehicle includes a fixed long rail and a power rail drive assembly having a drive wheel for transposing the power rail drive assembly along the fixed long rail. The power rail drive assembly includes an upper channel, a spring-loaded gearbox assembly fixedly coupled to the upper channel, and the drive wheel fixedly coupled to a drive shaft projecting from the spring-loaded gearbox assembly and rotated by the spring-loaded gearbox assembly for transposing the power rail drive assembly along the fixed long rail. The spring-loaded gearbox assembly includes a mounting bracket fixedly coupled to the upper channel, a gearbox repositionable within the mounting bracket, and a spring biasing the gearbox within the mounting bracket such that the drive wheel is engaged with the fixed long rail.