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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2009
Yoshitaka Koga, Chiryu, JP;
Yoshitaka Koga, Chiryu, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, JP;
Abstract
A power seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a screw member, a feed nut member fixed to the lower rail and meshed with the screw member, a retention member fixed to the upper rail, a fitting member rotatably held by the retention member and fixed to the screw member, a gear box mounted on the retention member and rotatably supporting an output rotation member, a drive unit transmitting a rotation drive force to the screw member, and first and second cut-and-lifted portions formed at first and second longitudinal walls of the upper rail respectively, the cut-and-lifted portions making contact with the fitting member when a load is applied to the screw member in an axial direction thereof to distribute the load to the upper rail, the cut-and lifted portions being formed by bending portions of the first and second longitudinal walls.