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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2021
Magna Seating Inc., Aurora, CA;
Kai Zhao, Novi, MI (US);
Detjon Marini, White Lake, MI (US);
Avery Folk, Ontario, CA;
Kristof M Kurzeja, Ontario, CA;
Magna Seating Inc., Aurora, CA;
Abstract
A transmission system for providing sliding movement of a vehicle seat within a vehicle includes a dual output motor having a left-hand and right-hand motor output shafts, a left-hand bevel gearbox and a right-hand bevel gearbox operatively coupled to a respective one of the left-hand and right-hand output motor shafts, a left-hand long rail assembly comprising a left-hand power rail drive assembly slidably coupled to a left-hand fixed long rail and operatively coupled to the left-hand bevel gearbox and a right-hand long rail assembly comprising a right-hand power rail drive assembly slidably coupled to a right-hand fixed long rail and operatively coupled to the right-hand bevel gearbox. The dual output motor rotates the left-hand and right-hand motor output shafts resulting in each of the left-hand and right-hand power rail drive assemblies being transposed along the respective left-hand and right-hand fixed long rails.