IP Library Granted Patent US 11,577,630
Granted Patent B2
US 11,577,630 · App. 16/778,449 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Seat slider device

Inventors: Masashi Komiyama (Takahama, JP); Yoshihisa Hori (Takahama, JP); Takayuki Ogasawara (Takahama, JP); Hiroaki Hyodo (Takahama, JP); Tadashi Takahashi (Takahama, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BODY SEIKO CO., LTD.
B60N2/07B60N2/0232
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Patent No.
US 11,577,630
App. No.
16/778,449
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat slider device may include: a lower rail attachable to a body of a vehicle; an upper rail attachable to a seat and slidably engaging with the lower rail; at least one roller provided in the upper rail and pressed against the lower rail or the body of the vehicle; and an actuator configured to rotate the at least one roller.

Claims (16)

1. A seat slider device comprising:

a lower rail attachable to a body of a vehicle;

an upper rail attachable to a seat and slidably engaging with the lower rail;

a plurality of rollers provided in the upper rail and pressed against the lower rail or the body of the vehicle; and

an actuator configured to rotate at least one of the rollers, wherein:

the lower rail comprises:

a bottom plate; and

two side plates extending upward respectively from both ends of the bottom plate in a short direction of the lower rail, the short direction being perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the lower rail,

one or more of the rollers are pressed against one of the side plates from inside of the lower rail, and

one or more remaining rollers are pressed against another of the side plates from inside of the lower rail.

2. The seat slider device of claim 1 , wherein the actuator is configured to rotate directly at least one of the rollers.

3. The seat slider device of claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of rollers includes one drive roller and two driven rollers,

the one drive roller is pressed against the one of the side plates and the two driven rollers are pressed against the other of the side plates,

the one drive roller is disposed between the two driven rollers in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail, and

the actuator is configured to rotate directly the one drive roller.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 11, 2023
From: TOYOTA BODY SEIKO CO., LTD.
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU SEIKO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065852/0606 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2020
From: KOMIYAMA, MASASHI; HORI, YOSHIHISA; OGASAWARA, TAKAYUKI; HYODO, HIROAKI; TAKAHASHI, TADASHI
To: TOYOTA BODY SEIKO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051685/0055 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-038848 · Mar 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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