Seat rail locking system for vehicle
US6772985B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 20, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60N2/0887
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a seat rail locking system for a vehicle, installed in a seat rail assembly to permit forward and rearward movement of a seat and maintain the seat in a desired position. The seat rail assembly includes a lower rail which is fastened to a floor panel of a vehicle body, and an upper rail to which the seat is secured. The seat rail locking system comprises a locker guide fastened to the upper rail and defined at a bottom wall thereof with a guide hole; a locker received in a space defined between the upper rail and the locker guide and having an upper end which is connected to an operating lever and a lower end which is formed with locking projections to be moved upward and downward through the guide hole of the locker guide; a plurality of locking holes defined at a center portion of the lower rail to be spaced apart one from another by the same distance along a lengthwise direction of the lower rail, such that the locking projections can be engaged into selected ones of the locking holes; and a spring for biasing the locker in a direction where the locking projections of the locker are engaged into selected ones of the locking holes defined in the lower rail.
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