Sliding device
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTadasuke HIGUCHI
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Abstract
A sliding device of the present disclosure includes: a fixed rail; a movable rail; a rack fixed within the fixed rail, the rack extending along an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fixed rail; a pinion provided to the movable rail, the pinion including multiple teeth to be engaged with the rack and rotating by receiving a driving force; and a restrictor slidingly displaced integrally with the movable rail, the restrictor contacting with the rack when the movable rail is sliding, to thereby restrict the rack from being displaced in a direction away from the pinion.
Claims6
A sliding device that supports a vehicle seat in a slidable manner, the device comprising:
- a fixed rail fixed to a vehicle;
- a movable rail to which the vehicle seat is fixed, the movable rail being slidable relative to the fixed rail;
- a rack fixed within the fixed rail, the rack extending along an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fixed rail;
- a pinion provided to the movable rail, the pinion comprising multiple teeth to be engaged with the rack and rotating by receiving a driving force;
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- a restrictor slidingly displaced integrally with the movable rail, the restrictor contacting with the rack when the movable rail is sliding, to thereby restrict the rack from being displaced in a direction away from the pinion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.