Patent ID: 7775131

Claim:
A combination of an actuator for a motor vehicle seat and a component part of the motor vehicle seat, wherein the actuator comprises: an electric motor having an output shaft; the output shaft defining an axial direction; a gear connected to the output shaft and including a gear housing having two partially cylindrical exterior surfaces; a spindle that communicates with the gear and runs transversely with respect to the output shaft, the spindle defining a threading; and a gear retainer that (a) forms a surrounding grip around the gear housing, in which (b) the gear housing is held pivotal about a pivot axis that runs parallel to the output shaft, that (c) has two partially cylindrical interior surfaces, each mating to the two partially cylindrical exterior surfaces against which they fit, that (d) includes a recess or two recesses for the passage of the spindle, (e) defines fastening holes running parallel to the pivot axis, and having a length that is substantially equal to an axial length over which the gear retainer extends in the axial direction, and (f) is one piece, and wherein the component part comprises holes that are aligned with the fastening holes, wherein the electric motor is located on the same side of the component part as the gear retainer, and wherein the gear retainer of the actuator directly contacts and is solidly connected to the component part.