US 12,351,083 B2
Anti-chuck mechanism for seat track assembly
Jeff Carroll, West Bloomfield, MI (US); Sanjay Vakil, Troy, MI (US); Mohammad Fazli, Farmington Hill, MI (US); Yang Cao, Beijing (CN); and Harish Bijwe, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Camaco, LLC, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Camaco, LLC, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/338,668.
Application 18/338,668 is a continuation of application No. 17/686,874, filed on Mar. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,718,204.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,326, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331124 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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
 
7. 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 movable 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 at least one of the plurality of first apertures is wider than a first latch tooth of the plurality of first teeth; and
an anti-chuck component coupled to the latch plate, the anti-chuck component including a tooth that extends along and contacts a face of the first latch tooth of the plurality of first teeth;
wherein the anti-chuck component is fixed to the latch plate by a fastener such that the tooth of the anti-chuck component is configured to move with the first latch tooth of the plurality of first teeth.