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Slide device for vehicle

US8091851B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 24, 2009
Grant dateJan 10, 2012
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2205/20
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle slide device is provided, which can adjustably move the second rail along the first rail without play therebetween in a front-rearward direction with a long adjustment stroke. In the vehicle slide device according to the invention, since a plurality of rolling elements annularly arranged in the attaching portion formed at the second rail are always in contact with the operating surface of the attaching portion and the operating surface of the first rail when the second rail moves relative to the first rail in a front-rearward directions, the play of the second rail relative to the first rail in up-down and right-left directions can be eliminated. Further, since the plurality of rolling elements roll and circulate at the attaching portion, the second rail can smoothly move in a front-rearward direction along the first rail.

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