Patent ID: 7197947
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: B60N,B60R,G01G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat assembly comprising, in combination: a seat; seat mounting brackets for securing the seat to a vehicle structure to prevent relative movement therebetween; a pair of laterally spaced apart track assemblies to selectively move the seat in a horizontal direction relative to the seat mounting brackets and the vehicle structure; wherein each of the track assemblies includes a first track secured to the seat mounting brackets to prevent relative movement therebetween and a second track member operably connected to the first track member to selectively move the second track member relative to the first track member in the horizontal direction; a plurality of weight sensing devices connected to the second track members for movement in the horizontal direction with the second track members relative to the first track members and the seat mounting brackets; a pair of mounting plates supported by the weight sensing devices and movable with the weight sensing devices and the second tracks in the horizontal direction relative to the first track members and the seat mounting brackets; at least one of the mounting plates having a seat belt attachment; a seat belt secured to the seat belt attachment; a vertical lift assembly operably connecting the mounting plates and the seat to selectively move the seat in a vertical direction relative to the mounting plates; wherein the vertical lift assembly is supported by the mounting plates and the vertical lift assembly and the seat are movable with the mounting plates, the weight sensing devices, and the second tracks in the horizontal direction relative to the first track members and the seat mounting brackets; and wherein loads of the seat belt are transmitted from the seat belt attachment to the vehicle structure through the mounting plates, the weight sensing devices, the track assemblies, and the seat mounting brackets without being transmitted through the vertical lift assembly.