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US 10,369,902 B2Granted
Seat sliding device
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKosuke Taniguchi
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Abstract
Provided is a seat sliding device. The seat sliding device comprises a fixed-side rail, a movable-side rail, a lock portion, an elastically deforming portion, a releasing member, and a restricting portion. The movable-side rail comprises an open-sectional portion including two side walls and a lid wall. The lock portion is displaceable between a restraint position and a release position. The releasing member is provided between the elastically deforming portion and the lid wall. The restricting portion is configured to provide a space through which an insertion-side end of the releasing member is insertable between the elastically deforming portion and the lid wall.
Claims14
A seat sliding device that slidably supports a seat, the seat sliding device comprising:
- a fixed-side rail;
- a movable-side rail that is slidable with respect to the fixed-side rail and that is configured to support the seat, the movable-side rail comprising an open-sectional portion comprising two side walls and a lid wall that couples the two side walls to each other;
- a lock portion that is displaceable between a restraint position, in which sliding of the movable-side rail with respect to the fixed-side rail is restrained, and a release position, in which such restraint is eliminated;
- an elastically deforming portion that is elastically deformable between a state supporting the lock portion in the restraint position and a state supporting the lock portion in the release position, the elastically deforming portion being housed in the movable-side rail,
- wherein the elastically deforming portion comprises:
- a linear portion that is an elastically deformable portion extending in a direction approximately parallel to a longitudinal direction of the movable-side rail,
- a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion that are provided on an extending-direction free end of the linear portion and that engage with a releasing member, and
- wherein the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion protrude toward a width-direction center of the movable-side rail such that respective free ends of the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are located closer to the width-direction center than portions of the linear portion from which the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion protrude;
- the releasing member being configured to switch a deformed state of the elastically deforming portion, the releasing member extending from a side of the lock portion toward one longitudinal end side of the movable-side rail and being provided between the elastically deforming portion and the lid wall within the movable-side rail;
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- a restricting portion provided at the one longitudinal end side of the movable-side rail, the restricting portion being configured to provide a space through which an insertion-side end of the releasing member, which is an end thereof located on the side of the lock portion, is insertable between the elastically deforming portion and the lid wall,
- wherein the restricting portion is defined by an inclined portion that is inclined towards a width-direction center of the movable-side rail and protrudes downward from above, and
- a leading end of the inclined portion separated from the movable-side rail is located downward from a root portion of the inclined portion that is coupled to the moveable-side rail.
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A seat sliding device that slidably supports a seat, the seat sliding device comprising:
- a fixed-side rail;
- a movable-side rail that is slidable with respect to the fixed-side rail and that is configured to support the seat, the movable-side rail comprising an open-sectional portion comprising two side walls and a lid wall that couples the two side walls to each other;
- a lock portion that is displaceable between a restraint position, in which sliding of the movable-side rail with respect to the fixed-side rail is restrained, and a release position, in which such restraint is eliminated;
- an elastically deforming portion that is elastically deformable between a state supporting the lock portion in the restraint position and a state supporting the lock portion in the release position, the elastically deforming portion being housed in the movable-side rail;
- a releasing member that is configured to switch a deformed state of the elastically deforming portion, the releasing member extending from a side of the lock portion toward one longitudinal end side of the movable-side rail and being provided between the elastically deforming portion and the lid wall within the movable-side rail;
- a restricting portion provided at the one longitudinal end side of the movable-side rail, the restricting portion being configured to provide a space through which an insertion-side end of the releasing member, which is an end thereof located on the side of the lock portion, is insertable between the elastically deforming portion and the lid wall;
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- an operation portion protruding from one longitudinal end of the movable-side rail,
- wherein the releasing member and the operation portion are one piece of metal having a closed sectional shape.
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A seat sliding device that slidably supports a seat, the seat sliding device comprising:
- a fixed-side rail;
- a movable-side rail that is slidable with respect to the fixed-side rail and that is configured to support the seat, the movable-side rail comprising an open-sectional portion comprising two side walls and a lid wall that couples the two side walls to each other;
- a lock portion that is displaceable between a restraint position, in which sliding of the movable-side rail with respect to the fixed-side rail is restrained, and a release position, in which such restraint is eliminated;
- an elastically deforming portion that is elastically deformable between a state supporting the lock portion in the restraint position and a state supporting the lock portion in the release position, the elastically deforming portion being housed in the movable-side rail;
- a releasing member that is configured to switch a deformed state of the elastically deforming portion, the releasing member extending from a side of the lock portion toward one longitudinal end side of the movable-side rail and being provided between the elastically deforming portion and the lid wall within the movable-side rail;
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- a restricting portion provided at the one longitudinal end side of the movable-side rail, the restricting portion being configured to provide a space through which an insertion-side end of the releasing member, which is an end thereof located on the side of the lock portion, is insertable between the elastically deforming portion and the lid wall,
- wherein the restricting portion is superposed vertically above the elastically deforming portion and vertically beneath the lid wall, with respect to a bottom surface of the fixed-side rail, so as to restrict movement of the elastically deforming portion in an upward direction towards the lid wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.