IP Library Granted Patent US 9,937,821
Granted Patent B2
US 9,937,821 · App. 14/720,439 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

Center seat stopper control

Inventors: Ryosuke Mizuno (Novi, MI); Michael Mixon (Plymouth, MI)
Assignee: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
B60N2/0727B60N2/01B60N2/062B60N2/0715B60N2/0825B60N2/0843B60N2/3045
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Patent No.
US 9,937,821
App. No.
14/720,439
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat arrangement apparatus for a vehicle seat that includes at least two tracks fixed to a floor of a vehicle each track including a base separating a first hollow portion and a second hollow portion, at least two seat mounting assemblies movable along the at least two tracks, and a stopper movably installed inside each of the at least two tracks between the at least two seat mounting assemblies to prevent the at least two seat mounting assemblies from touching each other when positioned together.

Claims (12)

1. A seat arrangement apparatus for a vehicle seat, comprising:

at least two tracks fixed to a floor of a vehicle each track including a base separating a first hollow portion and a second hollow portion;

at least two seat mounting assemblies movable along the at least two tracks; and

a stopper movable inside at least one of the at least two tracks between the at least two seat mounting assemblies to prevent the at least two seat mounting assemblies from touching each other when positioned together,

wherein the stopper comprises a first shoe moveable in the first hollow portion, a second shoe moveable in the second hollow portion, and a bracket that holds the first shoe and the second shoe, and

wherein the bracket includes a first flange that connects to a first slot of the first shoe and a second flange that connects to a second slot of the second shoe.

2. The seat arrangement apparatus for a vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first shoe includes first rib on a side opposite of the first slot, the first rib slideable on an inner peripheral face of the first hollow portion, and

wherein the second shoe includes second rib on a side opposite of the second slot, the second rib slideable on an inner peripheral face of the second hollow portion.

3. The seat arrangement apparatus for a vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least two tracks each include a plurality of holes, and

wherein the seat arrangement apparatus further comprises a locking mechanism that engages and disengages with the plurality of holes of the track when a force is applied at an operating handle.

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 035702/0554 →
Continuity (1)
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