Longitudinal guide for a motor vehicle seat

US9108533B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, COBURG · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Suck · Coburg, DE
• Nick Röhnert · Chemnitz, DE
• Karsten Hartleb · Weitramsdorf, DE
• Andreas Prause · Coburg, DE
• Bernd Griebel · Coburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/0875
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A longitudinal guide for vehicle seats, including two elongate rails, each including a lower rail, an upper rail supported on the lower rail and displaceable in a longitudinal direction, and two bearing areas for guiding means, the bearing areas lying diagonally opposite to and biased against each other, each upper rail and lower rail having an L-shaped region, if viewed in profile, formed by a base leg and an L-leg protruding from the base leg substantially perpendicularly, and two end regions adjoining the L-shaped region, each end region of the upper or lower rail together with the end region of the associated lower or upper rail forming an embracing area by mutually hooking, the end regions of the upper rail forming the bearing areas with opposite portions of the associated lower rail, and a plurality of balls being supported in a first bearing area on the end region.