Seat slide device
AssigneeTf-Metal Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakuji SOGA, Tomoyasu ITO
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Abstract
A seat slide device includes a reinforcing member attached to a rear end part of an upper rail. The reinforcing member is higher in rigidity than the upper rail. The reinforcing member 7 includes: a reinforcing member body having a U-shaped cross section having a lower opening, and including: a reinforcing member top wall; and a pair of reinforcing member lateral walls; and a pair of reinforcing member bent wall parts each being bent outwardly from a lower end of a corresponding one of the reinforcing member lateral walls in a lateral direction of the reinforcing member, and extending upwardly between a corresponding lower rail outside lateral wall and a corresponding lower rail inside lateral wall.
Claims5
A seat slide device comprising:
- a lower rail structured to be mounted on a floor of a vehicle, and extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- an upper rail mounted to the lower rail for slide with respect to the lower rail in a longitudinal direction of the lower rail, and structured to mount a seat thereon;
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- a reinforcing member attached to a rear end part of the upper rail, and extending rearwardly from the rear end part of the upper rail in a longitudinal direction of the upper rail;
- wherein the lower rail includes:
- a lower rail body having a U-shaped cross section having an upper opening, and including:
- a lower rail bottom wall structured to be fixed to the floor of the vehicle;
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- a pair of lower rail outside lateral walls;
- a pair of lower rail upper walls each extending inwardly from an upper end of a corresponding one of the lower rail outside lateral walls in a lateral direction of the lower rail;
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- a pair of lower rail inside lateral walls each extending from an inside end of a corresponding one of the lower rail upper walls toward the lower rail bottom wall;
- wherein the upper rail includes:
- an upper rail body having a U-shaped cross section having a lower opening, and including:
- an upper rail top wall;
- and
- a pair of upper rail lateral walls;
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- a pair of upper rail bent walls each being bent outwardly from a lower end of a corresponding one of the upper rail lateral walls in a lateral direction of the upper rail, and extending upwardly between a corresponding one of the lower rail outside lateral walls and a corresponding one of the lower rail inside lateral walls;
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- wherein the reinforcing member is higher in rigidity than the upper rail, and includes:
- a reinforcing member body having a U-shaped cross section having a lower opening, and including:
- a reinforcing member top wall;
- and
- a pair of reinforcing member lateral walls;
- and
- a pair of reinforcing member bent wall parts each being bent outwardly from a lower end of a corresponding one of the reinforcing member lateral walls in a lateral direction of the reinforcing member, and extending upwardly between a corresponding one of the lower rail outside lateral walls and a corresponding one of the lower rail inside lateral walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.