US 12,291,131 B2
Seat fore-and-aft adjuster for a seat, particularly a vehicle seat and vehicle seat
Erik Sprenger, Wermelskirchen (DE); and Andrej Sulak, Podluzany (SK)
Appl. No. 17/797,160
Filed by ADIENT US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/052755
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/160528, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 201 620.8 (DE), filed on Feb. 10, 2020; and application No. 10 2020 112 907.6 (DE), filed on May 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0049188 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/07 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/067 (2013.01) [B60N 2/0705 (2013.01); B60N 2/02253 (2023.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A longitudinal seat adjuster for a vehicle seat, comprising:
one rail pair having a lower rail and an upper rail which is displaceably supported on the lower rail,
a drive unit,
a transmission unit having a transmission housing, wherein the transmission unit and the drive unit are coupled to each other,
a holder for fixing the transmission housing to the upper rail, and
a covering element,
wherein the upper rail has at least one through-opening, through which at least one housing portion of the transmission housing projects and the covering element comprises at least one covering region which is formed by two covering legs which are opposite each other in a parallel manner, and the covering element comprises one covering part-region which is laterally arranged with respect to the covering region, wherein the covering part-region is defined by a covering wing which projects perpendicularly in a longitudinal direction from one of the covering legs, wherein the covering region is connected to the housing portion in a positive-locking and/or non-positive locking manner and the covering part-region covers at least one connection region of the holder above the upper rail by the covering wing,
wherein the covering element is connected to a transverse carrier for retaining the drive unit on the rail pair,
wherein the covering element and the transverse carrier are constructed in one piece.