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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2008
Akihiro Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Fujioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kanji Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Fujioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kanji Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiroki Corporation, Fujisawa-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A seat track mechanism for a vehicle, includes a lower rail mounted to a vehicle floor; an upper rail supported by the lower rail and slidable relative to the lower rail; and spherical rotators held between the lower and upper rails, the spherical rotators rolling via a sliding movement of the upper rail. One of the upper rail and the lower rail includes at least one horizontal flat portion parallel to a widthwise direction of the seat track mechanism and parallel to a direction of the sliding movement of the upper rail, and the other of the upper rail and the lower rail includes at least one rotator supporting recess having a circularly arcuate shape in cross section which is uniform in a lengthwise direction of the seat track mechanism, the spherical rotators being held between the rotator supporting recess and the horizontal flat portion.