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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2009
Yukifumi Yamada, Toyota, JP;
Naoki Goto, Tokai, JP;
Shinya Isobe, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Okazaki, Chiryu, JP;
Yukifumi Yamada, Toyota, JP;
Naoki Goto, Tokai, JP;
Shinya Isobe, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Okazaki, Chiryu, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle slide device is provided, which can adjustably move the second rail along the first rail without play therebetween in a front-rearward direction with a long adjustment stroke. In the vehicle slide device according to the invention, since a plurality of rolling elements annularly arranged in the attaching portion formed at the second rail are always in contact with the operating surface of the attaching portion and the operating surface of the first rail when the second rail moves relative to the first rail in a front-rearward directions, the play of the second rail relative to the first rail in up-down and right-left directions can be eliminated. Further, since the plurality of rolling elements roll and circulate at the attaching portion, the second rail can smoothly move in a front-rearward direction along the first rail.