Walk in apparatus for vehicle seat

• US 20040113477A1
• Filed: 09/30/2003
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Kojima, Yasuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 6,830,296 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/378.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0705 omega-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/071 T-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0715 C or U-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0732 Attachment of seat frame to the slide, e.g. eyelets
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0825 outside the rail
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0843 about a longitudinal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/12 slidable and tiltable

Abstract

The invention involves a walk-in apparatus of a vehicle seat which comprises an upper rail assembled to the vehicle seat, a lower rail engaged slidably with the upper rail and assembled to a vehicle floor; a lock plate locking a slide movement of the upper rail on the lower rail, a release lever which is adapted to engage with the lock plate for releasing the locking of the slide movement of the upper rail on the lower rail by the lock plate and a reclining plate which rotates in conjunction with a seat back when the seat back is rotated equal to or more than a predetermined angle in forward direction characterized in that the walk-in apparatus of the vehicle including a connecting member for connecting the release lever and the reclining plate is adapted to disengage the release lever from the reclining plate when a load is applied to the connecting member equal to or more than a predetermined value.

Claims

1. A walk-in apparatus for a vehicle seat comprising:

an upper rail assembled to the vehicle seat;

a lower rail engaged slidably with the upper rails and assembled to a vehicle floor;

a lock plate locking a slide movement of the upper rail on the lower rail;

a release lever which is adapted to engage with the lock plate for releasing the locking of the slide movement of the upper rail on the lower rail by the lock plate; and

a reclining plate which rotates in conjunction with a seat back when the seat back is rotated equal to or more than a predetermined angle in forward direction, wherein the walk-in apparatus of the vehicle including a connecting member for connecting the release lever and the reclining plate is adapted to disengage the release lever from the reclining plate when a load is applied to the connecting member equal to or more than a predetermined value.

2. A walk-in apparatus for a vehicle seat as set forth in the claim 1, a plurality of snaps are provided on the connecting member.

3. A walk-in apparatus of a vehicle seat for the claim 1, a snap is provided between the connecting member and the release lever and another snap is provided between the connecting member and reclining plate.

4. A walk-in apparatus of a vehicle seat as set forth in the claim 2, the snap is made of resin material.