Longitudinal adjustment device
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a longitudinal adjustment device of a motor vehicle seat, comprising a stationary bottom rail connectable to a motor vehicle and a seat rail connectable to the vehicle seat and longitudinally displaceably supported on the bottom rail between a front and a rear end position. In order to provide a longitudinal adjustment device which protects the seat rail against a crash-induced displacement with respect to the bottom rail in the area of its rear end position, it is provided that the detachment lock in effective connection with the bottom rail and the seat rail in the area of their rear end position is formed in such a manner that it blocks a crash-induced separation of the seat rail from the bottom rail.
1. A longitudinal adjustment device of a motor vehicle seat, comprising a stationary bottom rail connectable to a motor vehicle, a seat rail connectable to the motor vehicle seat and longitudinally displaceably supported on the bottom rail between a front and a rear end position, characterized by a non-disengageable, permanently operable detachment lock which is protected against external influence, in effective connection with the bottom rail and the seat rail stationary positioned in the area of the rear end position of both rails, wherein the detachment lock is configured in to block a crash-induced separation of the seat rail from the bottom rail if a regular seat adjustment device of the seat has been broken during the crash.
2. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 1 , wherein the detachment lock includes a locking element connected to the seat rail, which, in the area of the rear end position of the seat rail, can be brought into engagement with a holding element arranged on the bottom rail.
3. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein the locking element comprises a stop surface reaching behind the holding element.
4. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein the locking element is formed of the seat rail or of an attachment present on the seat rail.
5. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein the locking element is formed by a hook element extending from the seat rail in the direction of the bottom rail in the interior of a cavity defined by the bottom rail and the seat rail.
6. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 2 wherein the locking element is welded to the seat rail.
7. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 1 wherein the holding element is formed by a stud protruding from the bottom rail into cavity defined by the bottom rail and the seat rail.
8. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein the holding element is formed by a deformed end section of the bottom rail.
9. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 8 , wherein the holding element is part of an attachment of the bottom rail.
10. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 8 , wherein the end section is deformed in the direction towards a cavity defined by the bottom rail and the seat rail.
11. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein the holding element together with the locking element forms an end stop for the rear end position of the seat rail.
12. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein in the rear end position of the seat rail, a connection area, of a seat belt lock carrier arranged on the seat rail at least partially covers the bottom rail.
13. The longitudinal adjustment device according to claim 2 , wherein the holding element is part of a mounting foot for arranging the bottom rail on the vehicle floor.