Patent ID: 8079645

Claim:
A seat member component drive mechanism, comprising: a force multiplying gear assembly including a sun gear and a plurality of planetary gears; a wire member slidably disposed within a flexible sheath, the wire member connected to the gear assembly for axial displacement in a first and an opposite second displacement direction within the flexible sheath and to a component movably connected to a seat member for displacement of the component; a lever arm rotatably connected to the gear assembly defining a lever arm first axis of rotation, rotation of the lever arm in a first direction about the first axis of rotation operating to axially displace the wire member in the first displacement direction; and a pivot base having the lever arm rotatably connected to the pivot base defining a second axis of rotation of the lever arm transverse to the first axis of rotation, the lever arm rotated about the second axis of rotation to displace the wire member in the second displacement direction.