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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Joachim Flick, Hückeswagen, DE;
Keiper GmbH & Co., Kaiserslautern, DE;
Abstract
Longitudinal seat adjustment, especially for the seats of motor vehicles, with two pairs ( ) of rails arranged a certain distance apart, each of which consists of two rails, namely, an upper rail belonging to the seat and a lower rail ( ) belonging to the floor of the vehicle, and with at least one spring-loaded, movable, plate-shaped locking part ( ), which is supported on the upper rail ( ) and which, when in its locking position, prevents the upper rail ( ) from moving in the lower rail ( ). Here the lower rail ( ) has tooth-like slots ( ), whereas the upper rail ( ) is provided with slit-like openings ( ), and the locking part ( ) carries tooth-like projections ( ) along both of its two opposite long sides. According to the invention, one end of the locking part ( ) acts on the upper rail ( ), whereas the other end of the locking part ( ) acts on the lower rail. One end of the locking part ( ) contacts the lower rail ( ), while the other end contacts the upper rail ( ), where in each case a projection ( ) engages in the slit-like opening ( ) and in the tooth-like slot ( ).