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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Hirofumi Endoh, Toyota, JP;
Satoru Tagawa, Takahama, JP;
Yoshitaka Koga, Chiryu, JP;
Yasuhiro Kojima, Kariya, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Obu, JP;
Hiroshi Tamura, Toyota, JP;
Yasunori Hasegawa, Kasugai, JP;
Masato Ohchi, Toyota, JP;
Hirofumi Endoh, Toyota, JP;
Satoru Tagawa, Takahama, JP;
Yoshitaka Koga, Chiryu, JP;
Yasuhiro Kojima, Kariya, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Obu, JP;
Hiroshi Tamura, Toyota, JP;
Yasunori Hasegawa, Kasugai, JP;
Masato Ohchi, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A seat position detecting apparatus includes a fixed rail fixed on a vehicle floor, a movable rail at which a vehicle seat is supported for sliding on the fixed rail, and a position detecting mechanism directly mounted at one of either the fixed rail or the movable rail for detecting a relative position between the fixed rail and the movable rail by detecting the other of either the fixed rail or the movable rail, wherein a first engaging mechanism is provided at either the fixed rail or the movable rail at which the position detecting mechanism is mounted, and a second engaging mechanism provided complementarily to the first engaging mechanism engages with the first engaging mechanism through the position detecting mechanism.