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Multifunction seat control apparatus and method

  • US 7,802,490 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2005
  • Issued: 09/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A seat control system, comprising:

  • a pulley mechanism;

    a first cable slot that spans a first circumferential segment of a circumference of the pulley mechanism;

    a guide surface which intersects said circumference, including a first segment, a second segment and a bend, wherein the first segment is nearer a radial of the pulley mechanism and is angled toward an actuation direction of rotation, the second segment is nearer the circumference of the pulley mechanism and is angled away from the actuation direction of rotation, and the first and second segments are connected by the bend, wherein the bend is located at a radial distance from the radial of the pulley mechanism such that when the pulley mechanism is rotated in the actuation direction from an initial position with a first cable initially not under substantial tension and a first cable end slides inward toward the axis of the pulley mechanism and does not actuate the first cablea first cable-end entryway by which the first cable can be introduced into the first cable slot, wherein the first cable has a first cable end which is inserted through the first cable-end entryway so that the first cable rides in the first cable slot and the first cable end interfaces with the guide surface.

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