Patent ID: 9102245
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seat track assembly that is assembled between a vehicle seat and a floor of a vehicle, the seat track assembly comprising: an upper track attached to the vehicle seat; a lower track attached to the floor that receives the upper track in a telescoping sliding relationship; a seat position sensor attached to one of the upper track and the lower track that senses the position of the other of the upper track and the lower track; and an end cap assembled to an end of one of the tracks, the one track having a recessed portion formed on the end of the one track, wherein a wall of the end cap between the recessed portion of the one track and the seat position sensor is received in the recessed portion of the one track, and wherein the lower track includes a reference wall that is sensed by the seat position sensor, the reference wall extends outboard from the recessed portion, and wherein the seat position sensor senses the reference wall as the seat position sensor moves relative to the reference wall and senses the recessed portion through the wall of the end cap located between the recessed portion of the lower track and the seat position sensor.