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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Wataru Takayasu, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Shigeru Endo, Shioya-gun, JP;
Shinya Ishima, Shioya-gun, JP;
Kenji Sato, Sakura, JP;
Wataru Takayasu, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Shigeru Endo, Shioya-gun, JP;
Shinya Ishima, Shioya-gun, JP;
Kenji Sato, Sakura, JP;
TS Tech Co., Ltd., Asaka, JP;
Abstract
A lower rail is fixed to a vehicle floor, and an upper rail 4 is movable in a rear and front direction with respect to the lower rail. A load sensor is fixed to an upper surface of the upper rail 4. A rectangular frame is attached onto the load sensor, a rod of the load sensor sequentially penetrates a web of the rectangular frame and a spring holder upward, and a coil spring 44 is wound around the rod. A nut is screwed to the rod, and the nut tightens a bottom of a cup portion of the spring holder. The coil spring 44 is sandwiched between a flange of the spring holder and the web and is compressed by tightening the nut.