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US 8,075,039 B2Granted
System comprising a motor vehicle seat runner and body destined to be fixed thereto, and method for making same
AssigneeFAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
InventorsRené Rohee, Jean-Marie Fretel
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Abstract
The invention concerns a rail comprising a fixed profiled section and a mobile profiled section sliding relative to the fixed profiled section. The body has a linking portion wherein the body is shaped like a plate having first and second opposite lateral surfaces, and an edge linking said first and second surfaces. A first profiled section comprises a groove. The linking portion is tightly fitted in the groove. The plate is attached to the first profiled section.
Claims27
A system comprising:
- a motor vehicle seat runner;
- and a body, said runner comprising a fixed rail intended to be attached to the chassis of the motor vehicle, and
- a moving rail adapted to slide relative to the fixed rail, the body comprising a connecting portion, in which the body is in the form of a plate having opposed first and second lateral faces and an edge face connecting said first and second faces,
- wherein a first rail chosen from said fixed and moving rails, comprises a groove running in a longitudinal direction, said groove comprising first and second side walls spaced apart in a transverse direction and joined together at a bottom by a base, in that the connecting portion is fitted tightly into the groove, at least a part of the first and second side walls gripping at least a part of said plate, and
- wherein the connecting portion is fixed to the first rail.
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A method of manufacturing a system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a runner is provided that comprises a fixed rail intended to be attached to the chassis of the motor vehicle, and a moving rail adapted to slide relative to the fixed rail,
- a body is provided, which body comprises a connecting portion in which the body is in the form of a plate having opposed first and second lateral faces and an edge face connecting said first and second faces, and
- a groove running in a longitudinal direction is formed in a first rail chosen between said fixed and moving rails, said groove having first and second side walls spaced apart in a transverse direction and joined together at the bottom by a base,
- wherein the connecting portion is fitted tightly into the groove, at least part of the first and second side walls gripping at least part of said plate,
- the connecting portion is fixed to the first rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.