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US 9,315,118 B2Granted
Power sliding apparatus of conveyance seat
AssigneesToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shiroki Corporation
InventorEiichirou Tuji
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Abstract
In right and left upper rails in a power sliding apparatus of a conveyance seat, openings to receive gear boxes are formed, respectively. The gear boxes are attached to the right and left upper rails via the openings, respectively. The opening in one of the right and left upper rails is closed with a motor fixing bracket to fix a motor unit.
Claims7
A power sliding apparatus of a conveyance seat comprising:
- right and left upper rails, each upper rail including an opening;
- right and left lower rails;
- a motor unit which is fixed to one of the right and left upper rails;
- a motor fixing bracket to fix the motor unit to the one upper rail;
- and
- transmission shafts and gear boxes to transmit a rotational force of a motor of the motor unit to one of ball screws and ball nuts attached to at least one of the lower rails and the upper rails, wherein
- when the rotational force of the motor is transmitted to the one of the ball screws and the ball nuts, the right and left upper rails slide relatively to the right and left lower rails,
- the gear boxes are received in and attached to the right and left upper rails via the openings, respectively,
- the opening in the one upper rail is closed by the motor fixing bracket, and
- the gear box of the one upper rail is attached via the opening of the one upper rail at a position below a face of the motor fixing bracket that closes the opening of the one upper rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.