Seat slide position detection device for vehicle
AssigneesJohnson Controls Technology Company, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMotohiko Ozawa, Timothy J. Wieber, Paul J. Jefferies, Harutomi Nishide
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Abstract
A seat slide position detection device for a vehicle includes: a fixed rail attached to a vehicle floor; a movable rail supported to the fixed rail slidably in a longitudinal direction of the fixed rail; a detected portion disposed in a predetermined area of the fixed rail extending in the longitudinal direction; and a position sensor attached to the movable rail and having a sensor detector in a position of the position sensor opposed to the detected portion. The position sensor includes a protrusion attached to the movable rail with an extremity portion of the protrusion in contact with the movable rail.
Claims10
A seat slide position detection device for a vehicle, comprising:
- a fixed rail attached to a vehicle floor;
- a movable rail supported to the fixed rail slidably in a longitudinal direction of the fixed rail;
- a detected portion disposed in a predetermined area of the fixed rail extending in the longitudinal direction;
- a seat cushion frame fixedly held by the movable rail;
- and
- a position sensor attached to the movable rail via the seat cushion frame and having a sensor detector in a position of the position sensor opposed to the detected portion, wherein the position sensor comprises a protrusion with an extremity portion in contact with the movable rail,
- wherein the position sensor has an extended portion,
- wherein the extended portion extends in a vertical direction towards the fixed rail, and
- wherein the protrusion is provided on the extended portion and protrudes toward the movable rail in a lateral direction.
A seat slide position detection device for vehicle, comprising:
- a fixed rail attached to a vehicle floor;
- a movable rail supported to the fixed rail slidably in a longitudinal direction of the fixed rail;
- a detected portion disposed in a predetermined area of the fixed rail extending in the longitudinal direction;
- a seat cushion frame fixedly held by the movable rail;
- and
- a position sensor attached to the movable rail via the seat cushion frame and having a sensor detector in a position of the position sensor opposed to the detected portion, wherein the position sensor comprises a protrusion with an extremity portion in contact with the movable rail,
- wherein the position sensor has one end portion fixedly held by the movable rail via the seat cushion frame and an other end portion locked by the seat cushion frame to form a positioning section,
- wherein the one end portion of the position sensor is fixedly held by the movable rail via the seat cushion frame with a bolt, and
- wherein a position of the positioning section is adjusted relative to an end edge of the seat cushion frame by using a rotation center of the bolt as a reference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.