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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Lindsay A. Babian, Canton, MI (US);
Alexander W. Schuyler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Vasudeva S. Murthy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A wire harness assembly of a vehicle seat secured to a vehicle floor includes a wire harness housing fixed to a stationary portion of the vehicle seat and a cable including a proximal end portion, an intermediate portion, and a distal end portion. The intermediate portion of the cable is received within the wire harness housing. The wire harness assembly also includes a rigid case surrounding the distal end portion of the cable. The cable movable between a retracted position and an extended position; in the retracted position the rigid case is at least partially received within the wire harness housing and in the extended position the rigid case extends farther out of the wire harness housing than in the retracted position.