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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Christian Ruthmann, Herzebrock-Clarholz, DE;
Hans-Peter Mischer, Bad Meinberg, DE;
Michael Wojatzki, Ennigerloh, DE;
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat track assembly includes a first track having a wall including a plurality of openings formed therein. A second track is slidably mounted relative to the first track and has a pair of spaced apart walls, each of the walls include a plurality of openings formed therein. The seat track assembly further includes a locking mechanism that includes a pin carried by the second track and slidably movable within a substantially horizontal plane between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position, the pin is disposed in one of the plurality of openings formed in the wall of the first track and is pivoted to a position such that an axis of the pin is not parallel with the substantially horizontal plane. In the disengaged position, the pin is not disposed in the opening formed in the wall of the first track.