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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
Stéphane Gagnon, Rosemère, CA;
Jean-françois Ménard, Boucherville, CA;
Steve Boulais, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, CA;
Sylvain Trottier, St-Lambert, CA;
Stéphane Gagnon, Rosemère, CA;
Jean-François Ménard, Boucherville, CA;
Steve Boulais, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, CA;
Sylvain Trottier, St-Lambert, CA;
D-Box Technologies Inc., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
The present document describes a link member for providing an interface between an actuator and a seat base. The link member has a translational degree of freedom and at least two rotational degrees of freedom. The link member comprises: a joint member having a spherical surface, the joint member for attachment to one of the actuator and the seat base; a housing for attachment to the other one of the actuator and the seat base; and a slider mounted on the spherical surface and within the housing. The slider is free to move in a direction of a translational plane within the housing thereby providing the translational degree of freedom. Furthermore, the slider is free to slide on the spherical surface and to pivot about a first axis and a second axis thereby providing the at least two rotational degrees of freedom.