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Slideway for a vehicle seat, and a seat including such a slideway

US5855413A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 2, 1997
Grant dateJan 5, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2/123
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle seat slideway has an unlocking lever pivotally mounted on the moving rail of the slideway and urged towards a rest position, a cable connecting said lever to the seat back to unlock the slideway when the seat back is tilted down forwards, and a trigger pivotally mounted on the moving rail to pivot between a blocking position in which it holds the lever in its actuated position and a retracted position enabling the lever to return to its rest position. The trigger is urged resiliently towards its blocking position, and it also includes an actuator finger which, on coming into contact with an abutment secured to the stationary rail of the slideway, moves the trigger towards its retracted position.

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