Patent ID: 7048244

Claim:
A seat track assembly comprising: an upper track comprised of an elongated inverted channel member having a pair of downwardly extending side walls and a top wall connecting said side walls; a lower track comprised of an elongated channel member having upwardly extending side walls and a bottom wall connecting said side walls, said upper track received between said side walls of said lower track; an elongated threaded spindle mounted to said lower track bottom wall extending along and between said side walls of said upper and lower tracks; a gear nut threaded on said spindle, said gear nut rotatably carried in a gear case, said gear nut and said gear case driving said upper track upon rotation of said gear nut on said spindle by a bracket capturing said gear case and affixed to said top wall of said upper track, said bracket having a pair of legs spaced apart in the lengthwise direction of said upper track and connected together by a connecting portion, said gear case disposed between said bracket legs to be captured therein; and said bracket and at least one of said side walls of said upper track having interfit portions configured to resist relative lengthwise movement therebetween, thereby enhancing the ability of said bracket to withstand forces imposed thereon by said gear nut and gear casing.