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Vehicular power seat slide device

US6220642A · kind A · utility

47Cited by
5References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 26, 1999
Grant dateApr 24, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2/067
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicular power seat slide device includes a lower rail adapted to be fixed to a vehicle body floor, an upper rail slidably mounted on the lower rail for supporting a seat device, a nut member secured to the lower rail, and a screw shaft threadably engaged with the nut member and operatively associated with a gear box. To reduce the bending moment in the screw shaft resulting from a load applied to the upper rail in the vehicle lengthwise direction, a flange is provided on the screw shaft, and a block member is secured to the upper rail between the flange and the gear box, with the block member being mounted with respect to the screw shaft to allow rotation of the screw shaft.

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