Automotive seat slide device
AssigneeOhi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
InventorsHatsuo Hayakawa, Mikio Honma
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Abstract
A seat slide device is disclosed, which comprises a molded lower rail which is secured to a vehicle floor and is formed with outwardly projected flange portions for increasing a mechanical strength thereof; and a molded upper rail which carries thereon a seat and is slidably enaged with the lower rail. A toothed structure is integral with the lower rail and has a plurality of axially aligned teeth. A latch member is carried by the upper rail and latchingly engageable with the teeth to achieve a latched engagement between the lower and upper rails. A reinforcing plate is lined on the lower rail. The reinforcing plate has a toothed portion which is lined on the toothed structure to reinforce the same.
Claims19
A seat slide device for sliding a seat relative to a floor, comprising:
- a molded lower rail secured to said floor, said lower rail being formed with outwardly projected flange portions for increasing a mechanical strength thereof;
- a molded upper rail carrying thereon the seat and being slidably engaged with said lower rail;
- a toothed structure integral with one of said lower and upper rails, said toothed structure having a plurality of axially aligned teeth;
- a latch member carried by the other of said lower and upper rails, said latch member being latchingly engageable with said axially aligned teeth to achieve a latched engagement between said lower and upper rails;
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- a reinforcing plate lined on said one of said lower and upper rails, said reinforcing plate having a toothed portion which is lined on said toothed structure to reinforce the same, said toothed portion having a plurality of teeth which each mate with a corresponding one of said plurality of axially aligned teeth of said toothed structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.