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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1987
Takami Terada, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Nawa, Chiryu, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A power seat apparatus for an automotive vehicle in which a screw shaft supported on an upper rail having a seat cushion fastened thereto is moved relative to a lower rail secured to the vehicle body by a speed reducer and motor fixedly mounted on the lower rail. A coupling is provided for coupling an input shaft of the speed reducer and an output shaft of the motor. The input shaft has a longitudinally extending first groove at a distal end thereof, and the coupling has a first wall portion at one end for being inserted into the first groove. The output shaft has a longitudinally extending second groove perpendicular to the first groove at a distal end thereof, and the coupling has a second wall portion at its other end for being inserted into the second groove. The coupling also has an inner wall surface at the one end for receiving an outer wall surface of the distal end of the input shaft, an an inner wall surface at the other end for receiving an outer wall surface of the distal end of the output shaft.