US 11,993,184 B2
Vehicle seat monopost assembly and rotatable and height adjustable vehicle seat mounted thereon
Dong Woo Jeong, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sang Ho Kim, Incheon (KR); Seon Chae Na, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jae Hwan Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Ji Yong Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and DAS CO., LTD, Gyeongsangbuk-do (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and DAS CO., LTD, Gyeongsangbuk-do (KR)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/978,042.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0172879 (KR), filed on Dec. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173955 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/16 (2006.01); B60N 2/005 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/164 (2013.01) [B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/146 (2013.01); B60N 2/005 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat monopost assembly comprising:
a drive part comprising a housing mounted on a lower frame configured to be connected to a vehicle body and a first engagement part;
a second engagement part configured to be engaged with the first engagement part and configured to be affixed to a vehicle seat frame; and
a connecting sleeve part seated on the drive part and having an inner space into which the second engagement part is fitted,
wherein the first and second engagement parts are adapted to mate to provide an engagement, and
wherein the first engagement part is a lead nut and the second engagement part is a lead screw part.