Seat guide for mounting a longitudinally adjustable car seat
First Claim
1. A seat guide for positional adjustment of a vehicle seat in a direction of an axis of displacement and for attachment to the vehicle seat, said seat guide comprising:
- two guide rails installable parallel to an axis of displacement and spaced apart along a lateral axis;
two support units attachable to the vehicle seat;
a plurality of support pieces attached to said two support units;
a plurality of support rollers in operable cooperation with and moveable relative to said guide rails, said plurality of support rollers being provided to support a vertical load, said plurality of support rollers being mounted on said two support units;
a plurality of lateral guide devices in operable cooperation with and moveable relative to said guide rails, said plurality of lateral guide devices being provided for lateral support in a direction along said lateral axis and operably positioned substantially perpendicular to said axis of displacement and said two guide rails, said plurality of lateral guide devices having a plurality of guide rollers in operable cooperation with and moveable relative to said guide rails, at least one of said plurality of guide rollers being attached to at least one of said plurality of support pieces, whereby one of said two support units and said plurality of support pieces is elastically deformable to compensate for lateral dimensional tolerances between said guide rails.
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Abstract
A seat guide for mounting a car seat and to its positional adjustment in a direction of an axis of displacement. The seat guide has two guide rails installed parallel to the axis of displacement and support rollers which cooperate with and move relative to the guide rails to support a vertical load. Lateral guide devices are provided for lateral support in a direction of a lateral axis running essentially perpendicular to both the axis of displacement and the guide rails. The relative motion of the lateral guide devices cooperates with the guide rails overcoming any conditions of elastic rolling friction.
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23 Claims
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1. A seat guide for positional adjustment of a vehicle seat in a direction of an axis of displacement and for attachment to the vehicle seat, said seat guide comprising:
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two guide rails installable parallel to an axis of displacement and spaced apart along a lateral axis;
two support units attachable to the vehicle seat;
a plurality of support pieces attached to said two support units;
a plurality of support rollers in operable cooperation with and moveable relative to said guide rails, said plurality of support rollers being provided to support a vertical load, said plurality of support rollers being mounted on said two support units;
a plurality of lateral guide devices in operable cooperation with and moveable relative to said guide rails, said plurality of lateral guide devices being provided for lateral support in a direction along said lateral axis and operably positioned substantially perpendicular to said axis of displacement and said two guide rails, said plurality of lateral guide devices having a plurality of guide rollers in operable cooperation with and moveable relative to said guide rails, at least one of said plurality of guide rollers being attached to at least one of said plurality of support pieces, whereby one of said two support units and said plurality of support pieces is elastically deformable to compensate for lateral dimensional tolerances between said guide rails. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A seat guide for positional adjustment of a vehicle seat along an axis of displacement, said seat guide comprising:
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a first guide rail positioned substantially parallel to the axis of displacement;
a second guide rail spaced apart from said first guide rail along a lateral axis and positioned substantially parallel to the axis of displacement;
a plurality of support rollers operably associated with and moveable relative to said first guide rail and said second guide rail;
a plurality of lateral guide devices operably associated with and moveable relative to said first guide rail and said second guide rail, at least a portion of said lateral guide devices being moveable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of displacement, wherein each of said plurality of lateral guide devices are spaced apart from the other of said plurality of lateral guide devices along the axis of displacement; and
a plurality of compensating rollers operatively associated with and movable relative to said first guide rail and said second guide rail, wherein at least one of said plurality of compensating rollers has an elastic material raceway. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A seat guide for positional adjustment of a vehicle seat along an axis of displacement, said seat guide comprising:
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a first guide rail positioned substantially parallel to the axis of displacement;
a second guide rail spaced apart from said first guide rail along a lateral axis and positioned substantially parallel to the axis of displacement;
at least one support roller operably associated with and movable relative to said first guide rail and said second guide rail;
at least one lateral guide device having at least one guide roller operably associated with and movable relative to said first guide rail and said second guide rail, at least a portion of said at least one lateral guide device being movable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of displacement;
the at least one guide roller being movably attached to at least one support piece, and the at least one support piece being attached to at least one support unit;
wherein one of said at least one support piece and said at least one support unit is elastically deformable to compensate for lateral dimensional tolerances between said first guide rail and said second guide rail. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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