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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
Isao Ikegaya, Shizuoka, JP;
Takuji Soga, Shizuoka, JP;
Isao Ikegaya, Shizuoka, JP;
Takuji Soga, Shizuoka, JP;
Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd., Kosai-shi, JP;
Abstract
In a seat slide device applicable to an automotive vehicle, a lock mechanism includes: a lock arm disposed on an upper rail to be pivotable around a pivotal center axis; lock pawls formed on the lock arm along the elongate direction of the upper rail; lock holes formed on a lower rail and the upper rail, the lock pawls being inserted through the lock holes to lock the upper rail with respect to the lower rail; a pair of slits formed at predetermined front-and-rear positions of a side surface of the upper rail; and a bearing bracket, the bearing bracket and the lock arm being disposed within an enclosed space between the upper rail and the lower rail and including a pair of bearing portions and both ends of the lock arm and the pair of bearing portions being disposed within inner spaces defined by the pair of slits.