Tachi-s Co., Ltd.

Fujikiko Kabushiki Kaisha

Takeshi Ishikawa

Yasushi Asano

Masami Muraishi

A structure of support leg member having a pair of reinforcing pieces formed laterally thereof, which is used with a seat slide device provided in an automotive seat, wherein an inclinable portion is defined in the upper securing portion of the support leg member on which a guide rail of the seat slide device is securely amounted. The inclinable portion allows the guide rail to be inclined by a great load applied thereto in excess of a tolerable amount, thereby protecting the seat slide device against damage. The inclinable portion, for instance, may comprise an upward protuberant bead formed in the upper securing portion so that a pair of spacings are defined between the guide rail and a base portion of that upper securing portion such as to allow inclination of the guide towards the center of the automotive seat. Alternatively, the inclinable portion may be embodied by bending one or both of the two reinforcing pieces outwardly to render the support leg member so less rigid as to be buckled slantwise by the foregoing great load, thereby allowing inclination of the guide rail towards the center of the automotive seat.

Structure of support leg member for seat slide device

A structure of seat back frame for use in a seat back of a vehicle seat, which includes a lateral frame section connected with upper and lower frame sections to comprise the seat back frame. The lower end portion of such seat-back lateral frame section has been cut to provide a reduced lower end area therein. On the other hand, a connecting bracket member is provided, which has an upper end portion with a slant edge and also has a large thickness relative to that of the lateral frame section. In the present structure, the connecting bracket member is fixedly connected, at that upper end portion thereof, to the reduced lower end area of lateral frame section, in such a manner that the slant edge thereof extends in a downwardly inclined way as it proceeds toward a forward side of the seat back, i.e. a running direction of a vehicle.

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Akishima, Japan

Takeshi Ishikawa