SEAT SLIDE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

• US 20200130539A1
• Filed: 10/23/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tachi-S Company Limited, TF-Metal Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: TF-Metal Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: KOIZUMI, Norifumi, KUBOTA, Hidekazu
• Granted Patent: US 11,065,987 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0705 omega-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0715 C or U-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0725 Closing members for covering the slide
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0727 Stop members for limiting sliding movement
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/08 characterised by the locking device
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0818 inside the rail
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0875 in a vertical direction

Abstract

In the present invention, in a bottom portion 4a of a lower rail 4, a foreign matter interference portion 27 protruding upward and having a substantially arc-circular shape in a side view is formed by being cut and raised in a middle part in a rail width direction more on a front side than a bolt hole 26 for a mounting bolt for fixing the rear end portion of the lower rail 4 to a vehicle body. Rear-side stoppers 29 and long hole portions 31 shared with the rear-side stoppers 29 are formed on both sides of the foreign matter interference portion 27. The foreign matter interference portion 27 is separated into a front-side tongue piece 27a and a rear-side tongue piece 27b by a slit 32.

Claims

1. A seat slide device for a vehicle, comprising:

a lower rail having a substantially U-shape in cross section whose front and rear end portions in a longitudinal direction thereof are fixed to a vehicle body by fixing members and whose upper surface is opened;

an upper rail fitted to the lower rail so as to be slidably movable in the longitudinal direction;

a lock mechanism used for locking and unlocking a position of the upper rail at a time of a positional adjustment of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail; and

stroke regulation stoppers for regulating a positional adjustment range of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail,

wherein, in a bottom wall portion of the lower rail, a foreign matter interference portion protruding upward and having a substantially arc-circular shape in a side view is formed by being cut and raised in a middle part in a rail width direction more on a front side than a fixing member for fixing a rear end portion of the lower rail to the vehicle body, and

wherein the foreign matter interference portion is separated into a front-side tongue piece and a rear-side tongue piece.

2. The seat slide device for the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein, in the bottom wall portion of the lower rail, a pair of long hole portions extending in the longitudinal direction is formed in the middle part in the rail width direction more on a front side than the fixing member for fixing the rear end portion of the lower rail to the vehicle body, and

wherein the foreign matter interference portion is formed by being cut and left between the pair of the long hole portions.

3. The seat slide device for the vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the foreign matter interference portion is separated into the front-side tongue piece and the rear-side tongue piece at a part more on a rear side than a middle part in the longitudinal direction of the foreign matter interference portion, and

wherein the rear-side tongue piece is formed in a shape whose width is gradually enlarged in the rail width direction toward a rear side of the lower rail.

4. The seat slide device for the vehicle according to claim 2, wherein, in the rail width direction of the lower rail, the stroke regulation stoppers are provided on outer sides of the pair of the long hole portions.

5. The seat slide device for the vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the front-side tongue piece and the rear-side tongue piece forming the foreign matter interference portion are separated from each other by a slit which separates facing end portions of them from each other, and

wherein the slit is formed in a crank shape in a plane view.

6. The seat slide device for the vehicle according to claim 3, wherein facing end portions of the respective front-side tongue piece and rear-side tongue piece are bent downward.