IP Library Granted Patent US 11,014,472
Granted Patent B1
US 11,014,472 · App. 16/827,922 · Granted May 25, 2021

Vehicle seat slide structure

Inventors: Motohiko Ozawa (Kanagawa, JP); Thomas D Novitsky (Plymouth, MI)
Assignee: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
B60N2/073
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Patent No.
US 11,014,472
App. No.
16/827,922
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

A vehicle seat slide structure has a movable rail, a fixed rail supporting the movable rail, a slider interposed between the rails, a reinforcing plate fixed to the fixed rail and having a threaded hole having a female thread part, and a pin having a shaft portion, a neck portion, and a head portion. The fixed rail has a first through hole concentric with the threaded hole and having an inner diameter larger than a root diameter of the female thread part. The slider has a second through hole concentric with the first through hole and having an inner diameter larger than that of the first through hole. The shaft portion is inserted through the first through hole and has the male thread part screwed in the female thread part. The head portion supports a periphery part of the second through hole between the head portion and the fixed rail.

Claims (14)

1. A vehicle seat slide structure, comprising:

a movable rail fixed to a frame of a vehicle seat;

a fixed rail fixed to a vehicle body, the fixed rail engaging with and supporting the movable rail so as to allow the movable rail to move linearly;

a slider interposed between the movable rail and the fixed rail;

a reinforcing plate integrally fixed to a bottom surface of the fixed rail, the reinforcing plate having a threaded hole formed therein, the threaded hole having a female thread part with its axis extending in a thickness direction of the reinforcing plate; and

a pin comprising a shaft portion having a male thread part, a neck portion formed on a first end of the shaft portion, and a head portion formed on the neck portion, wherein

the fixed rail has a first through hole formed therein, the first through hole being concentric with the threaded hole and having an inner diameter larger than a root diameter of the female thread part,

the slider has a second through hole formed therein, the second through hole being concentric with the first through hole and having an inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the first through hole,

the head portion has an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the second through hole,

the shaft portion is inserted through the first through hole and has the male thread part screwed in the female thread part,

the neck portion is positioned in the second through hole to press the fixed rail, and

the head portion holds a periphery part of the second through hole between the head portion and the fixed rail.

2. The vehicle seat slide structure as described in claim 1 , wherein

the pin has a second end of the shaft portion protruding downward from a bottom surface of the reinforcing plate.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: ADIENT ENGINEERING & IP GMBH
To: ADIENT YANFENG SEATING MECHANISM CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 057028/0805 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 30, 2021
From: ADIENT YANFENG SEATING MECHANISM CO., LTD
To: KEIPER SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057043/0195 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2020
From: OZAWA, MOTOHIKO; NOVITSKY, THOMAS D
To: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
Reel/Frame 052207/0732 →