Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha

Hisayoshi Kato

Masamitsu Iwatani

Yoshiyuki Miura

Takahiro Sugama

Teruhiko Oshima

Shinji Morita

Kazuyuki Taniguchi

Koichi Yamamoto

Kyoji Inoue

A slide device, comprising first class members having spaces opening to sides formed in the longitudinal directions thereof and second class rail members positioned in the spaces, wherein either of the first and second class rail members movable relative to each other are formed in movable rail members and the other are formed in fixed rail members, the movable rail members are installed at both side parts of slide plates, the slide plates are positioned on brackets parallel with each other, and the movable rail member installed on the slide plate is supported by the fixed rail member installed on the slide plate.

Slide device

A swivel assembly of a vehicle seat including a ring-shaped upper plate fixed to a seat side member of a vehicle; a ring-shaped lower plate fixed to a floor side member of the vehicle; and a set plate holding the upper plate between it and the lower plate. One ball is provided between the upper plate and the lower plate. The other ball is provided between the upper plate and the set plate. The other ball is in contact with both inner surfaces of each of one sectionally V-shaped guide groove and the other sectionally V-shaped guide groove confronting the one groove. The upper plate can be held at a predetermined position without being loosened vertically and horizontally even though the upper plate, the lower plate, and the set plate have errors occurred in manufacture.

Swivel assembly of a vehicle seat

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Toyoake, Japan

Hisayoshi Kato