# US 10,118,506 B2 · Slide rail

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- Number: US 10,118,506 B2
- Document ID: US10118506B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/398,168
- Filed: 2017-01-04
- Published: 2017-07-13
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-01-08
- Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Yuki Hattori; Tomokazu Fukuda; Eiji Mizutani; Taro Fukuta; Akira Kaneko
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10118506B2

## CPC

- B60N 2/073: {Reinforcement members preventing slide dislocation}
- B60N 2/0705: {omega-shaped}
- B60N 2/0715: {C or U-shaped}
- B60N 2/1615: {Parallelogram-like structure}
- B60N 2/1635: {characterised by the drive mechanism}
- B60N 2/168: {and provided with braking systems}
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A slide rail includes a fixed-side rail, a movable-side rail, and a reinforcing structure that prevents detachment of the movable-side rail from the fixed-side rail. The reinforcing structure includes a fixed-side engaging portion attached to the fixed-side rail, and a movable-side engaging portion attached to the movable-side rail. The fixed-side and the movable-side engaging portions are configured, while allowing sliding of the movable-side rail, to come in contact with each other due to an action by a large load in a detaching direction input between the fixed-side rail and the movable-side rail, and to be engaged with each other to restrict movement of the movable-side rail in the detaching direction. A contact surface, that comes in contact with the movable-side engaging portion, of the fixed-side engaging portion includes surface regions that have mutually different positions in the detaching direction and are provided side by side in a sliding direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A slide rail comprising:
a fixed-side rail that is attached to a vehicle body;
a movable-side rail that is slidably attached to the fixed-side rail; and
a reinforcing structure that is configured to prevent detachment of the movable-side rail from the fixed-side rail,
wherein the reinforcing structure includes a fixed-side engaging portion that is attached to the fixed-side rail, and a movable-side engaging portion that is attached to the movable-side rail, and the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable-side engaging portion are configured, while allowing sliding of the movable-side rail, to come in contact with each other due to an action by a large load in a detaching direction in which the movable-side engaging portion is raised that is input between the fixed-side rail and the movable-side rail, and to be engaged with each other to restrict movement of the movable-side rail in the detaching direction,
wherein a contact surface, that comes in contact with the movable-side engaging portion, of the fixed-side engaging portion includes surface regions, the surface regions having mutually different height positions in the detaching direction and being provided side by side in a sliding direction,
wherein the fixed-side engaging portion and the moveable-side engaging portion are configured such that distal end portions of the fixed-side engaging portion and the moveable-side engaging portion are hookingly engaged with each other by the input action of the large load in the detaching direction,
wherein the distal end portion of the movable-side engaging portion is disposed at a position lower than the distal end portion of the fixed-side engaging portion,
wherein the contact surface is configured such that a rear-side surface region of the contact surface is disposed at a position lower than a front-side surface region of the contact surface,
wherein the front-side surface region of the contact surface and the rear-side surface region of the contact surface are continuously connected to each other via an inclined surface, and
wherein the fixed-side engaging portion is bent at a position between the front-side surface region and the inclined surface, and the fixed-side engaging portion is bent at a position between the inclined surface and the rear-side surface region.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The slide rail according to claim 1,
wherein the surface regions, having mutually different height positions in the detaching direction, of the contact surface are respectively surfaces each being perpendicular to the detaching direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The slide rail according to claim 1,
wherein the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable-side engaging portion are configured as hook portions respectively formed at distal end portions of the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable-side engaging portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The slide rail according to claim 1,
wherein the movable-side engaging portion is attached to a bracket that is attached to the movable-side rail and that is configured to be attached with a seat belt anchor.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The slide rail according to claim 1,
wherein the slide rail is configured to couple a vehicle seat so as to be slidable in a vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to a vehicle floor as the vehicle body,
wherein the fixed-side engaging portion is attached to a rear end portion of the fixed-side rail, and
the movable-side engaging portion is configured to receive an input of the large load in the detaching direction from a seat belt anchor.