IP Library Granted Patent US 8,967,582
Granted Patent B2
US 8,967,582 · App. 13/877,838 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Longitudinal adjustment device for a motor vehicle seat

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Patent No.
US 8,967,582
App. No.
13/877,838
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A longitudinal adjustment device for a motor vehicle seat, with a floor rail which can be connected to a motor vehicle floor, a seat rail which can be connected to the motor vehicle seat and is mounted in a longitudinally displaceable manner on the floor rail, and a connecting element having a connecting section for connection of a functional component to the seat rail. The connecting element is connected by a first section to a side wall of the seat rail and by a second section to an upper side of the seat rail. The connecting element has an opening for receiving the functional component and/or a bearing element for the arrangement of the functional component. The opening is arranged in the region of a recess running in the region of a bending line between the side wall and the upper side.

Claims (24)

1. A longitudinal adjustment device for a motor vehicle seat, comprising:

a floor rail connectable with a motor vehicle floor,

a seat rail connectable with the motor vehicle seat, which

is mounted on the floor rail in a longitudinally displaceable manner,

has a side wall that provides an outer face of the seat rail,

has an upper side, and

has a connecting element having a connecting section for connecting a functional component to the seat rail,

wherein the connecting section has at least a first section and a second section,

wherein the first section is connected to the outer face provided by the side wall of the seat rail and the second section is connected to the upper side of the seat rail,

wherein the connecting element has an opening for receiving the functional component and/or a bearing element for the arrangement of the functional component,

wherein the opening is arranged in the area of a recess of the seat rail in the area of a bending line between the side wall and the upper side,

wherein the opening corresponds with the recess, whereby a connection with the functional component and/or the bearing element is possible,

wherein the functional component and/or the bearing element extends through the opening and the recess at least partially in the area of the bending line.

2. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 1 , the connecting element is connected section-wise in a form-fit manner with the seat rail.

3. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting element has a projection arranged in a recess in the side wall of the seat rail.

4. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 3 , wherein the projection is arranged in the area of the connecting section of the connecting element.

5. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting element has a base body with a base plane having the first section and a bar connecting to the base body, displaced with respect to the base plane, having the second section, wherein the base body lies with a contact surface running parallel to the base plane on the side wall and the bar with an inner edge running perpendicular to the base plane on the upper side.

6. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 5 , wherein two bars running displaced with respect to the base plane, which lie with their inner edges on the upper side, connect on opposite sides of the base body.

7. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 5 , wherein two connecting links running in the base plane connect to the base body in the area of the first section on opposite sides of the base body.

8. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting element is designed as one piece.

9. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the seat rail is formed from a bent flat material.

10. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 3 , wherein the projection is arranged in the recess running in the area of the bending line between the side wall and upper side.

11. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 3 , wherein the projection is designed for receiving the functional component and/or a bearing element for the arrangement of the functional component and has the opening.

12. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein a bearing bushing is arranged on the bearing element.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: ADIENT YANFENG SEATING MECHANISM CO., LTD
To: KEIPER SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057037/0905 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.À.R.L.
To: ADIENT YANFENG SEATING MECHANISM CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 057037/0931 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2021
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS METALS AND MECHANISMS GMBH & CO. KG
To: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A R.L.
Reel/Frame 055170/0344 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2020
From: C. ROB. HAMMERSTEIN GMBH & CO. KG
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS METALS AND MECHANISMS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 055026/0770 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2013
From: SPECK, AXEL; ECKHOFF, SASCHA; HOPPE, JENS
To: C. ROB. HAMMERSTEIN GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 030868/0777 →