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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2021
Adient Us Llc, Plymouth, MI (US);
Motohiko Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Komiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsunori Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Yunxiao Li, Kanagawa, JP;
Laxmikant Indi, Kanagawa, JP;
Frederick L. Wilkinson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Sean M. Osinski, Plymouth, MI (US);
Valentin Muresan, Plymouth, MI (US);
Wenting Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat slide device includes a pair of sliders each including a fixed rail, a movable rail slidably guided by the fixed rail, a bracket on the movable rail configured so that front and rear sides swing opposite to each other in a vertical direction with a longitudinal-intermediate part as a fulcrum, a support bracket supported on the bracket via a hinge and configured to rotate in only one direction from a predetermined orientation about an lateral-direction axis relative to the bracket, a movement-restricting portion configured to restrict sliding of the movable rail while a rear part of the bracket is raised and to release the restriction while the rear part of the bracket is lowered; and a towel bar connecting each support bracket. The hinge part prohibits a rotation of the support bracket while the towel bar is lifted and permits the rotation while the towel bar is lowered.