IP Library Granted Patent US 9,821,683
Granted Patent B2
US 9,821,683 · App. 14/720,452 · Granted Nov 21, 2017

Easy seat positioning and installation

Inventors: Ryosuke Mizuno (Novi, MI); Michael Mixon (Plymouth, MI)
Assignee: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
B60N2/062B60N2/01B60N2/0715B60N2/0825B60N2/0843B60N2/3045
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,821,683
App. No.
14/720,452
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat mounting apparatus of a vehicle, including a plurality of seat tracks mounted in the vehicle; a plurality of seat sliders at least equal in number to a number of the plurality of seat tracks, each of the plurality of seat sliders being slidable along one of the plurality of seat tracks; and a seat mounting bracket that aligns and fixes a relative position in the direction of a number of the plurality of seat sliders equal to the number of the plurality of seat tracks.

Claims (13)

1. A seat mounting apparatus of a vehicle, comprising:

a first seat track and a second seat track each mounted in the vehicle;

a first pair of seat sliders, one of the first pair of seat sliders being slidable on the first seat track and the other of the first pair of seat sliders being slidable on the second seat track;

a second pair of seat sliders, one of the second pair of seat sliders being slidable on the first seat track and the other of the second pair of seat sliders being slidable on the second seat track;

a first seat mounting bracket that aligns and fixes a relative position of the first pair of seat sliders in a direction along the first seat track and the second seat track;

a second seat mounting bracket that aligns and fixes a relative position of the second pair of seat sliders in the direction along the first seat track and the second seat track;

a first operating handle affixed to the first seat mounting bracket which selectively locks and unlocks the first pair of seat sliders relative to both the first seat track and the second seat track; and

a second operating handle affixed to the second seat mounting bracket which selectively locks and unlocks the second pair of seat sliders relative to both the first seat track and the second seat track.

2. The seat mounting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first seat mounting bracket includes a first end and a second end, and a striker mount configured to secure a seat assembly to the first seat track and the second seat track is arranged at the first end and the second end.

3. The seat mounting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first seat mounting bracket includes a plurality of locating guides to locate hardware on a bottom side of the seat assembly.

4. The seat mounting apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:

a crossbracket that joins the first seat mounting bracket and the second seat mounting bracket together.

5. The seat mounting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the seat assembly includes a detachable assembly with seat strikers that engage with the striker mount.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Sep 12, 2023
From: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA INC.
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064868/0830 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2015
From: MIZUNO, RYOSUKE; MIXON, MICHAEL
To: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 035702/0478 →
Continuity (1)
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