IP Library Granted Patent US 11,584,265
Granted Patent B2
US 11,584,265 · App. 17/588,954 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

Seat slider device

Inventors: Shin Shiraki (Takahama, JP); Motohisa Nakamura (Takahama, JP); Yoshifumi Naka (Obu, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BODY SEIKO CO., LTD.
B60N2/12B60N2/0722
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Patent No.
US 11,584,265
App. No.
17/588,954
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat slider device may include: a lower rail attached to a body of a vehicle; and an upper rail attached to a seat and slidable with respect to the lower rail. The upper rail may include: a roller or a slider piece being in contact with a bottom plate of the lower rail; and a protrusion supporting the roller or the slider piece. The protrusion may be integrated with the upper rail.

Claims (20)

1. A seat slider device comprising:

a lower rail attached to a body of a vehicle; and

an upper rail attached to a seat and slidable with respect to the lower rail;

wherein

the upper rail comprises:

a roller or a slider piece being in contact with a bottom plate of the lower rail; and

a protrusion integrated with the upper rail and supporting the roller or the slider piece, a hollow space being defined in the protrusion,

the roller comprises:

an inner ring fixed to the protrusion;

an outer ring arranged radially outward of the inner ring; and

rolling members arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring,

the protrusion comprises:

a large diameter portion being in contact with a side surface of the inner ring; and

a small diameter portion passed into the inner ring, and

the hollow space in the protrusion comprises:

a large diameter hole corresponding to the large diameter portion; and

a small diameter hole corresponding to the small diameter portion.

2. The seat slider device of claim 1 , wherein an end of a side surface of the protrusion comprises an expanded portion expanded outward, and the inner ring is fixed by the expanded portion.

3. The seat slider device of claim 1 , wherein an end of the protrusion is opened.

4. The seat slider device of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is formed by deformation processing.

Assignments (5)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2025
From: TOYOTA BOSHOKU SEIKO CORPORATION
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 071277/0932 →
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, 2022
From: SHIRAKI, SHIN; NAKAMURA, MOTOHISA
To: TOYOTA BODY SEIKO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058832/0622 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: NAKA, YOSHIFUMI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA MIDORIGIKEN
Reel/Frame 058832/0713 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA MIDORIGIKEN
To: TOYOTA BODY SEIKO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058833/0265 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2021-021647 · Feb 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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