Patent ID: 7467827

Claim:
A gear stage for a vehicle seat, comprising: the gear stage being operatively associated with a drive shaft and a driven shaft for causing the driven shaft to rotate at a rotational speed in response to the drive shaft being rotated at a rotational speed, wherein (a) the rotational speed of the driven shaft is less than the rotational speed of the drive shaft when the driven shaft rotates in response to rotation of the drive shaft, (b) the gear stage includes at least one gear ball row, (c) at least one drive surface of the drive shaft bears tangentially against the gear ball row, and (d) at least one driven surface of the driven shaft bears tangentially against the gear ball row; a housing having at least one housing surface that bears tangentially against the gear ball row; and a clamping bearing, wherein the driven shaft comprises a support, the clamping bearing is effective between the housing and the support, and the clamping bearing comprises an elastic element and a clamping ball row.