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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Wiers, Romeo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
297375 ; 267158 ; 297355 ;
Abstract
An improved spring and locking mechanism for an automative seat adjusting device which includes a rod slidably for selective positioning within a locking mechanism fixed to the seat. The locking mechanism includes a hollow tubular steel fulcrum and a formed channel shaped spring having a web extending across the fulcrum and a plurality of lockwashers and a plurality of legs at each end of the web. The spring legs contact the outermost lockwashers and tilt or cant the lockwashers about the fulcrum.