IP Library Granted Patent US 12,415,441
Granted Patent B2
US 12,415,441 · App. 17/810,847 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Fastening arrangement and seat

Inventor: Andrej Medved' (Trenčin, SK)
Assignee: Adient US LLC
B60N2/01583B60N2/01516B60N2/919
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,415,441
App. No.
17/810,847
Filed
Jul 6, 2022
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
ZHUO, WENWEI
Art Unit
3612
USPC
296/63
Abstract

A fastening arrangement of a seat on a rail arrangement may have a modular construction and may have one lock module for releasably arresting the fastening arrangement on the rail arrangement. The fastening arrangement may also have one lock unlocking module for unlocking the lock module. The fastening arrangement may also have one rail unlocking module.

Claims (14)

1. A fastening arrangement of a seat on a rail arrangement, wherein the fastening arrangement is of modular construction and comprises:

one lock module for releasably arresting the fastening arrangement on the rail arrangement,

wherein the lock module is of multi-part design and comprises at least two lock units,

wherein each of the lock units are releasably fixed to both the seat and the rail arrangement, and

one unlocking module for unlocking the lock module,

wherein at least two rolling elements are rotatably mounted to the lock module so that the fastening arrangement is rolled away on the rail arrangement when the lock module is unlocked.

2. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the lock units are arranged on a frame or on a carrier plate.

3. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the unlocking module is configured to unlock the lock units synchronously from the rail arrangement.

4. The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein an actuating module actuates the unlocking module of the fastening arrangement and/or a rail unlocking module.

5. The fastening arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the actuating module is coupled to the lock module via the unlocking module.

6. The fastening arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the actuating module is coupled to a locking element for the rail arrangement via the unlocking module.

7. A seat with a rail arrangement and a fastening arrangement according to claim 1 for releasably fastening the seat on the rail arrangement.

8. The seat according to claim 7 , wherein the fastening arrangement is designed as a preassemble docking mechanism.

9. The seat according to claim 7 wherein the rail arrangement comprises two pairs of rails each having an upper rail and a lower rail, and the fastening arrangement is releasably arrestable at one rail end of the upper rail by a respective lock unit.

Assignments (3)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: CNI ENTERPRISES, INC.; ADIENT US LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063085/0391 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN IP Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: ADIENT US LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061956/0301 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: MEDVED', ANDREJ
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 060406/0315 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2021 207 175.9 · Jul 7, 2021 · national
DE 10 2021 214 160.9 · Dec 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230008632A1 · Jan 12, 2023
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