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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 11, 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, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Magna Seating Inc, Aurora, CA;
Abstract
A long rail assembly attached to a vehicle floor for repositioning vehicle seats in a vehicle between a plurality of seating positions. The long rail assembly includes a fixed long rail having an internal channel, and a power rail drive assembly configured to travel along the internal channel of the fixed long rail. The power rail drive assembly has a rail main body having a lateral driving wheel configured to frictionally and/or meshingly engage with the fixed long rail, an electric motor operatively coupled to the lateral driving wheel, and spring-loaded stability rolling elements attached to the rail main body configured to absorb channel variation as the power rail drive assembly travels along the internal channel of the fixed long rail.