Slide device for vehicle seat

• US 8,708,299 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2011
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Subaru Corp.
• Original Assignee: NHK Spring Company Limited, Fuji Jukogyo KK (Subaru Corp.)
• Inventors: Kitamura, Atsuo, Ofuji, Yutaka, Kusunoki, Arata, Aoki, Yoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wujciak, Alfred J
• Application Number:
  US13/104,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20110278420A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• Field of Search: 248/419, 248/420, 248/424, 248/429, 296/65.01, 296/66
• US Class Current: 248/429
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0715 C or U-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/073 Reinforcement members preventing slide dislocation

Abstract

A slide device for a vehicle seat provided with: an upper rail that is long in the front-rear direction and fixedly installed on the bottom surface of a seat body; a lower rail that is arranged on the floor of a vehicle body and supports the upper rail such that the upper rail can slide in the front-rear direction; a bracket that is fixedly installed at the front of the upper rail and moves downward with thereof when the upper rail moves tilting forward; a J hook member that moves upward with the upper rail upon the upward movement of the rear thereof; and a reinforcement member to which the bracket is abutted upon the downward movement thereof so as to absorb a downward force and to which the J hook member is abutted upon the upward movement thereof so as to absorb an upward force.

Claims

1. A slide device for a vehicle seat comprising:

an upper rail that extends in a front-rear direction and is configured to be fixedly installed on a bottom surface of a seat body;

a lower rail that is configured to be supported by the floor of a vehicle body, and to support the upper rail such that the upper rail can slide in the front-rear direction;

a bracket that is fixedly installed at the front of the upper rail and moves downward with the upper rail when the upper rail moves tilting forward;

a bracket receiving member to which the bracket is abutted upon the downward movement of the bracket so as to absorb a downward force;

a J hook member that has a J-shape cross section, is fixed at a rear position of the upper rail, and moves upward along with the upper rail when a rear portion of the upper rail moves upward; and

a J hook receiving member to which the J hook member is abutted upon the upward movement of the J hook member so as to absorb an upward force,

wherein the upper part of lower rail includes the bracket receiving member and the lower part of lower rail includes the J hook receiving member.

2. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the bracket receiving member includes an extension of the J hook receiving member forward along the front-rear direction.

3. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein said slide device represents at least one of a first rail set and a second rail set, with the first and second rail sets being configured to be disposed on the floor of the vehicle body, respectively, and the bracket and the bracket receiving member are disposed at least on one of the first and second rail sets.

4. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein said slide device represents at least one of a first rail set and a second rail set, with the first and second rail sets being configured to be disposed on the floor of the vehicle body, respectively, and the bracket and the bracket receiving member are disposed at least on one of the first and second rail sets.

5. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 4 wherein the bracket and bracket receiving member are formed at least on the first rail set.

6. A slide device assembly comprising the slide device of claim 1 and a vehicle body, with said slide device being fixed to said vehicle body.

7. The slide device assembly of claim 6, further comprising a vehicle seat secured to said slide device.

8. A slide device assembly comprising the slide device of claim 1 and a vehicle seat, with said slide device being fixed to said vehicle seat.

9. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein a portion of said bracket that tilts into contact with said bracket receiving member is arranged such that the portion of said bracket is adjustable between a first mode wherein the portion of the bracket is spaced vertically and free from contact with said bracket receiving member and a second mode wherein, upon being tilted forward, said bracket comes into contact with said bracket receiving member.

10. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 1 further comprising a roller assembly which is connected to said bracket.

11. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 10 wherein the roller assembly is configured to roll along in contact with a surface of the lower rail.

12. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 1 wherein the bracket is positioned and configured as to be spaced above the bracket receiving member until the downward movement with the upper rail and the abutment of the bracket with the bracket receiving member.

13. A slide device for a vehicle seat comprising:

an upper rail that extends in a front-rear direction and is configured to be fixedly installed on a bottom surface of a seat body;

a lower rail that is configured to be supported by the floor of a vehicle body, and to support the upper rail such that the upper rail can slide in the front-rear direction;

a bracket that is fixedly installed at the front of the upper rail and moves downward with the upper rail when the upper rail moves tilting forward;

a bracket receiving member to which the bracket is abutted upon the downward movement of the bracket so as to absorb a downward force; and

a roller assembly which is connected to said bracket,

wherein the roller assembly is configured to roll along in contact with a surface of the lower rail, and

wherein the roller assembly includes a pair of rollers and a shaft extending between said rollers and received by said bracket,

wherein the lower rail includes the bracket receiving member.

14. A slide device for a vehicle seat comprising:

an upper rail that extends in a front-rear direction and configured to be fixedly installed on a bottom surface of a seat body;

a lower rail that is configured to be supported by the floor of a vehicle body, and to support the upper rail such that the upper rail can slide in the front-rear direction;

a bracket that is fixedly installed at the front of the upper rail and moves downward with the upper rail when the upper rail moves tilting forward;

a bracket receiving member to which the bracket is abutted upon the downward movement of the bracket so as to absorb a downward force, and wherein a center portion of the bracket is closer to the front end of the upper rail than to a central point of the upper rail relative to the front-rear direction;

a J hook member that has a J-shape cross section, is fixed at a rear portion of the upper rail, and moves upward along with the upper rail when a rear portion of the upper rail moves upward; and

a J hook receiving member to which the J hook member is abutted upon the upward movement of the J hook member so as to absorb an upward force,

wherein the upper part of lower rail includes the bracket receiving member and the lower part of lower rail includes the J hook receiving member.

15. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 14, wherein the bracket receiving member includes an extension of the J hook receiving member forward along the front-rear direction.

16. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 14 wherein the bracket is positioned and configured as to be spaced above the bracket receiving member until the downward movement with the upper rail and the abutment of the bracket with the bracket receiving member.

17. The slide device for a vehicle seat according to claim 16 wherein the bracket receiving member includes a flange portion extending below and spaced from the bracket when the bracket is in an untilted state.