US 11,718,204 B2
Anti-chuck mechanism for seat track assembly
Jeff Carroll, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Sanjay Vakil, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Mohammad Fazli, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Yang Cao, Farmington Hills, MI (US); and Harish Bijwe, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to CAMACO, LLC., Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Camaco, LLC, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,874.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,326, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281360 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/07 (2006.01); B60N 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/0818 (2013.01) [B60N 2/0705 (2013.01); B60N 2/0715 (2013.01); B60N 2/0843 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A track assembly for mounting a seat within a vehicle, the track assembly comprising:
a first track having a plurality of first apertures;
a second track having a plurality of second apertures; and
a latch assembly including:
a latch plate repositionable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the latch plate including a plurality of first teeth that selectively extend through the plurality of first apertures and through a subset of the plurality of second apertures when the latch plate is in the engaged position, wherein a gap is present between one of the plurality of first teeth and a side of one of the plurality of first apertures when the latch plate is in the engaged position; and
an anti-chuck component coupled to the latch plate, the anti-chuck component including a leaf spring, wherein the leaf spring has a tooth that engages a portion of the side of the one of the plurality of first apertures to close the gap when the latch plate is in the engaged position, wherein the tooth of the leaf spring is configured to at least partially deform when engaged with the side of the one of the plurality of first apertures.