Slide for automobile vehicle seats
AssigneeBertrand Faure Equipments SA
InventorsPierre Moradell, Michel Timon
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Abstract
The slide includes a fixed section and a movable section sliding in the fixed section. An edge of the fixed section, equipped with a row of notches, is located in the direct vicinity of a sidewall of the movable section. A lock, movable crosswise to the sliding direction, is equipped with teeth guided in the cutouts made in the wall and mating with the notches to lock the slide. The wall includes a stop, such as a folded portion, located opposite the edge. The dimensions and the material of the teeth are determined so that when a sliding force exceeding a predetermined value is applied, the teeth deform by deflecting parallel to the folded portion and their ends are then located opposite the folded portion preventing the lock from unlocking.
Claims9
Slide for automobile vehicle seats comprising:
- a fixed section intended to be attached to the floor of the vehicle, a movable section intended to be attached to the seat and which can slide longitudinally in relation to the fixed section, locking means to prevent this sliding movement, the fixed section including an edge equipped with a row of locking notches located in the direct vicinity of a sidewall of the movable section, the locking means including a lock movable in a direction parallel to the sidewall and substantially perpendicular to a direction the sliding movement, between a locking position and an unlocked position, the lock being equipped with teeth, engaging respective cutouts made in the sidewall, the teeth being guided in the cutouts during the movements of the lock and removably mating in a locking position, with the notches of the row of notches,
- wherein the are formed in the sidewall and extend into a folded portion cutouts, the dimensions and material of the teeth determined so that, during a sliding force exceeding a predetermined value, when the lock is in the locking position, the teeth can deform by deflecting in the sliding direction, the ends of the teeth thus deformed being moved in overlying abutment with the folded portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.