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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2022
Adient Us Llc, Plymouth, MI (US);
Erik Sprenger, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Ingo Quast, Düsseldorf, DE;
Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat may have a first rail and a second rail. The rails may form an internal channel and the first rail may be displaceable relative to the second rail in the longitudinal direction. A spindle nut may be connected to the second rail and a spindle which cooperates with an internal thread of the spindle nut and may have an external thread may be arranged in the internal channel. A spindle gear mechanism, which can be driven by a motor and which cooperates with the spindle, may be arranged on an end of the first rail. A damping element may be provided and arranged such that the spindle and the spindle nut are held in a pretensioned manner relative to one another in the axial direction and/or in the radial direction. A vehicle seat may have the longitudinal adjuster.