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US 2006/0231719 A1Published application
Seat slide apparatus
OwnerTetsuya Kayumi, Hirohide Suda +2inventors
InventorsTetsuya Kayumi, Hirohide Suda, Akinori Mori, Masashi Mitsukuchi
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Abstract
A simply structured and inexpensive seat slide apparatus, which, in an ordinary front/rear position adjustment of a seat, allows a passenger to operate manually without using a power drive unit; and in walk-in operation only, enables the seat to slide swiftly using the power drive unit.
Claims4
A seat slide apparatus, comprising:
- an upper rail member capable of mounting a seat cushion;
- a lower rail member capable of being firmly fixed to a floor face of a vehicle;
- a locking unit disposed on the upper rail member for locking and unlocking relative movement of the upper rail member with respect to the lower rail member;
- an operation lever connected to the locking unit capable of being manually operated to lock and unlock the locking unit by a passenger;
- an unlocking device connected to the locking unit for locking and unlocking the locking unit using a powered operation;
- a traction member for pulling the upper rail member, of which both ends are connected to the front and the rear ends of the lower rail member;
- a rotation drum disposed on the rear side of the upper rail member or seat cushion for winding the traction member;
- a motor connected to a rotation drum for rotating the rotation drum;
- a clutch for transmitting driving force of the motor to the rotation drum;
- a first switch disposed on the surface of an interior wall for activating the unlocking device, the motor and the clutch;
- and a second switch disposed in a front area of the lower rail member for inactivating the unlocking device, the motor and the clutch after the upper rail member has been slid forward.
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A seat slide apparatus, comprising:
- an upper rail member capable of mounting a seat cushion;
- a lower rail member capable of being firmly fixed to a floor face of a vehicle;
- a locking unit disposed on the upper rail member for locking and unlocking relative movement of the upper rail member with respect to the lower rail member;
- an operation lever connected to the locking unit capable of being manually operated to lock and unlock the locking unit by a passenger;
- an unlocking device connected to the locking unit for locking and unlocking the locking unit using a powered operation;
- a traction member for pulling the upper rail member, of which both ends are connected to the front and rear ends of the upper rail member;
- a rotation drum disposed on the rear side of the lower rail member or the vehicle floor face for winding the traction member;
- a motor connected to a rotation drum for rotating the rotation drum;
- a clutch for transmitting driving force of the motor to the rotation drum;
- a first switch disposed on the surface of an interior wall for activating the unlocking device, the motor and the clutch;
- and a second switch disposed in a front area of the lower rail member for inactivating the unlocking device, the motor and the clutch after the upper rail member has been slid forward.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.