Seat slide adjuster for vehicles

• US 5,192,045 A
• Filed: 01/17/1992
• Issued: 03/09/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.), Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamada, Yukifumi, Akizuki, Kenichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): CHOTKOWSKI, KAREN
• Application Number:
  US07/822,046
• Time in Patent Office: 417 Days
• Field of Search: 248/429, 248/430, 248/419, 248/420, 248/393, 248/424, 297/346, 297/322, 297/329, 297/344, 297/473, 296/65.1, 384/50, 384/47
• US Class Current: 248/430
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/071 T-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0715 C or U-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/073 Reinforcement members preventing slide dislocation
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0825 outside the rail
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0843 about a longitudinal axis

Abstract

A seat slide adjuster includes a lower rail fixed to a vehicle floor and an upper rail slidable with respect to the upper rail. Each portions of respective rais are integrally formed so that thickness of each portions of the rails are easily selected to with stand a high load in collision. Oblique portions of the rails which are opposed to each other will be brought into contact to receive the high load.

Claims

1. A seat slide adjuster for a vehicle comprising:

a lower rail fixable to a vehicle body;

said lower rail including a horizontal base portion, and upwardly extending side portions from both ends of said horizontal base portion defining corner portions;

upper portions extending horizontally inwardly from both ends of said side portions to define an opening, and oblique portions extending outwardly from both ends of said upper portions;

an upper rail slidable with respect to said lower rail and having a bracket with a seat belt anchorage;

said upper rail including a vertical base portion projecting through said opening of said lower rail, a lower portion extending horizontally from a lower end of said vertical base portion and being parallel with said base portion of said lower rail, and oblique portions extending inwardly and upwardly from said lower portion; and

balls positioned in spaces defined by the corner portions of said lower rails and the oblique portions of said upper rail.

2. The adjuster according to claim 1 wherein a cross portion formed by said vertical base portion and said lower portion of said upper rail is increased in thickness and distal ends of said lower portion are reduced in thickness.

3. The adjuster according to claim 1 wherein the corner portions formed by the base portion and the side portions of said lower rail, the corner portions formed by the side portions and the upper portions of said lower rail, and the corner portions formed by the upper portions and the oblique portions of said lower rail are increased in thickness.

4. The adjuster according to claim 1 wherein the oblique portions of said lower and upper rail have a taper at each end.

5. The adjuster according to claim 1 wherein the width of the base portion of said lower rail is less than a distance between the centers of the balls.

6. The adjuster according to claim 1 wherein the lower portions of said upper rail is provided with downwardly extending portions.

7. The adjuster according to claim 6 further including at least one roller located between the horizontal base portion of said lower rail and the lower portion of said upper rail.

8. The adjuster according to claim 1 wherein each portion of said rails is formed of an aluminum-based alloy.