US 2006/0214460 A1Published application

Seat apparatus for vehicle

AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorYasuhiro Kojima

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Abstract

A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a first rail secured to a floor of the vehicle, a second rail relatively movable to the first rail, a lock member for restricting a movement of the second rail relatively to the first rail, an operational member for engaging with the lock member, a memory release member operable with the operational member, a release member for engaging with the lock member, and a memory member of which a movement relative to the floor of the vehicle can be restricted. When a restriction of the movement of the second rail is released by the operational member, the memory release member releases a restriction of the movement of the memory member. When the restriction of the movement of the second rail is released by the release member, the movement of the memory member is restricted.

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Dependent claims

A seat apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a first rail secured to a floor of the vehicle;
a second rail secured to a seat and relatively movable to the first rail;
a lock member for restricting a movement of the second rail relative to the first rail;
an operational member for engaging with the lock member to release a restriction of the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail exerted by the lock member;
a memory release member operable with the operational member;
a release member operable in association with a tilt of a seat back over a predetermined angle for engaging with the lock member to release the restriction of the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail exerted by the lock member;
and
a memory member of which a movement relative to the floor of the vehicle is restricted when the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail is restricted by the lock member, wherein
when the restriction of the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail is released by the operational member, the memory release member engages with the memory member so that a restriction of the movement of the memory member relative to the floor of the vehicle is released and so that the memory member integrally moves with the second rail, on the other hand, when the restriction of the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail is released by the release member, the movement of the memory member relative to the floor of the vehicle is restricted while the second rail moves in a first direction and after that the second rail moves in a second direction so that the memory member engages with the second rail as the second rail moves in the second direction and so that a position of the second rail relative to the first rail before the second rail moves in the first direction can be retrieved.

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A seat apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a first rail secured to a floor of the vehicle;
a second rail secured to a seat and relatively movable to the first rail;
a lock member for restricting a movement of the second rail relative to the first rail;
an operational member for engaging with the lock member to release a restriction of the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail exerted by the lock member;
a memory release member operable with the operational member;
a release member operable in association with a tilt of a seat back over a predetermined angle for engaging with the lock member to release the restriction of the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail exerted by the lock member;
a memory rail secured to the floor of the vehicle;
and
a memory member of which a movement relative to the memory rail is restricted when the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail is restricted by the lock member, wherein
when the restriction of the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail is released by the operational member, the memory release member engages with the memory member so that a restriction of the movement of the memory member relative to the memory rail is released and so that the memory member integrally moves with the second rail, on the other hand, when the restriction of the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail is released by the release member, the movement of the memory member relative to the memory rail is restricted while the second rail moves in a first direction and after that the second rail moves in a second direction so that the memory member engages with the second rail as the second rail moves in the second direction and so that a position of the second rail relative to the first rail before the second rail moves in the first direction can be retrieved.

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A seat apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a first rail secured to a floor of the vehicle;
a second rail secured to a seat and relatively movable to the first rail;
a lock member for restricting a movement of the second rail relative to the first rail;
an operational member for engaging with the lock member to release a restriction of the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail exerted by the lock member;
a release member for engaging with the lock member to release the restriction of the movement of the second rail relative to the first rail exerted by the lock member independently from the operational member;
and
a memory member for restricting the movement of the second rail to a position relative to the first rail before the second rail moves in a first direction when the second rail relatively moves to the first rail in the first direction and after that the second rail relatively moves to the first rail in a second direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.