Patent ID: 8621960

Claim:
A multi-output transmission assembly for a power seat adjuster, said multi-output transmission assembly comprising: a first gear set; a second gear set; a first output shaft; a first collar slidably coupled to said first output shaft and rotated by said first gear set in a first rotational direction, wherein said first collar is selectively engaged with said first output shaft for rotating said first output shaft; a second collar slidably coupled to said first output shaft and rotated by said second gear set in a second rotational direction, opposite said first rotational direction, wherein said second collar is selectively engaged with said first output shaft for rotating said first output shaft; and a first actuator coupled to said first and second collars for sliding said first and second collars along said first output shaft; wherein said first actuator moves between a neutral position preventing rotation of said first output shaft, a first position wherein said first collar is engaged with said first output shaft to rotate said first output shaft in said first rotational direction in response to actuation of said first gear set, and a second position wherein said second collar is engaged with said first output shaft to rotate said first output shaft in said second rotational direction in response to actuation of said second gear set.