Chairs and seats – Movable back – Tiltable
Patent
1994-07-15
1996-12-10
Brown, Peter R.
Chairs and seats
Movable back
Tiltable
74 8915, B60N 222
Patent
active
055824617
ABSTRACT:
A infinitely adjustable linear actuator adjusts the position of two relatively movable components of a vehicle seat. The linear actuator includes a rotatable element fixedly mounted about a threaded shaft. First and second moving members are mounted within a housing and are disposed on opposite sides of an annular collar formed on the rotatable element. The moving members are movable between a first position in which the moving members disengage the rotatable element from bearing surfaces at opposite ends of the housing to form a high rotational resistance connection which prevents rotation of the rotatable element and the interconnected threaded shaft, and a second position in which the moving members are spaced from the rotatable element to enable the rotatable element to move axially into low resistance engagement with bearings in the housing which enables free rotation of the rotatable element and the threaded shaft. Pairs of angularly extending ramp surfaces formed on each moving member slide within angled guide slots formed in the housing to guide the moving members between first and second positions with respect to the annular collar.
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Brown Peter R.
ITT Automotive Inc.
Lewis J. Gordon
Seitter Robert P.
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