Positively engaged locking mechanism for a vehicle seat

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9120400
APP PUB NO 20130153735A1
SERIAL NO

13705854

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A seat track assembly includes a first track having a wall including a plurality of openings formed therein. A second track is slidably mounted relative to the first track and has a pair of spaced apart walls, each of the walls include a plurality of openings formed therein. The seat track assembly further includes a locking mechanism that includes a pin carried by the second track and slidably movable within a substantially horizontal plane between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position, the pin is disposed in one of the plurality of openings formed in the wall of the first track and is pivoted to a position such that an axis of the pin is not parallel with the substantially horizontal plane. In the disengaged position, the pin is not disposed in the opening formed in the wall of the first track.

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LEAR CORPORATION21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD SOUTHFIELD MI 48033

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mischer, Hans-Peter Bad Meinberg, DE 20 412
Ruthmann, Christian Herzebrock-Clarholz, DE 7 79
Wojatzki, Michael Ennigerloh, DE 25 402

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