Seat slide apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuhiro Kojima, Hideo Nihonmatsu, Mikihito Nagura
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Abstract
A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes a lower rail, an upper rail, and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism includes a lock portion provided at the lower rail, a lock member which is engageable with and disengageable from the lock portion and a first biasing member for biasing the lock member in a direction to be engaged with the lock portion. The seat slide apparatus for a vehicle further includes a releasing lever for releasing the lock member from being engaged with the lock portion and a second biasing member for maintaining the releasing lever at a neutral position. According to the seat slide apparatus for the vehicle, the first biasing member and the second biasing member are integrally formed.
Claims12
A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a lower rail adapted to be fixedly mounted on a vehicle floor;
- an upper rail adapted to be coupled to a seat and supported on the lower rail so as to be movable in front and rear directions of the lower rail;
- a lock mechanism including a lock portion provided at the lower rail, a lock member pivotably supported to the upper rail so as to be engageable with and disengageable from the lock portion and a first biasing member for biasing the lock member in a direction to be engaged with the lock portion;
- a releasing lever for releasing the lock member from being engaged with the lock portion by pivoting the lock member;
- a second biasing member integrally provided with the first biasing member, the second biasing member maintaining the releasing lever at a neutral position,
- the first biasing member and the second biasing member comprise a spring mounted at the upper rail, and
- an end of the spring is operably connected to the lock member while the other end of the spring is operably connected to the releasing lever.
A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a lower rail adapted to be fixedly mounted on a vehicle floor;
- an upper rail adapted to be coupled to a seat and supported on the lower rail so as to be movable in front and rear directions of the lower rail;
- a lock mechanism including a lock portion provided at the lower rail, a lock member provided at the upper rail so as to be engageable with and disengageable from the lock portion, and a first biasing member that biases the lock member in a direction to be engaged with the lock portions;
- a handle that operates the lock member in order to release the lock member from being engaged with the lock portion;
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- a connecting member integrally provided with the first biasing member to lock the handle to the lower rail or the upper rail,
- a second biasing member that biases the handle and integrally formed with the first biasing member and the connecting member, wherein
- the first biasing member, the second biasing member and the connecting member comprise a spring, and an end of the spring is operably connected to the lock member while the other end of the spring is operably connected to the handle.
A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a lower rail adapted to be fixedly mounted on a vehicle floor;
- an upper rail adapted to be coupled to a seat and supported on the lower rail so as to be movable in front and rear directions of the lower rail;
- a lock mechanism including a lock portion provided at the lower rail, a lock member provided at the upper rail so as to be engageable with and disengageable from the lock portion, and a first biasing member that biases the lock member in a direction to be engaged with the lock portions;
- a handle that operates the lock member in order to release the lock member from being engaged with the lock portion;
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- a connecting member integrally provided with the first biasing member to lock the handle to the lower rail or the upper rail, wherein
- the biasing force of the second biasing member is smaller than the biasing force of the first biasing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.