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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2013
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, JP;
Haruo Kato, Anjo, JP;
Muneto Inayoshi, Nagoya, JP;
Hideo Nihonmatsu, Anjo, JP;
Katsusuke Araki, Nisshin, JP;
Kenichi Usami, Kariya, JP;
Naonori Hioki, Nagoya, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya-shi, JP;
Abstract
A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes an upper rail, a lower rail, a lock mechanism including a lock lever that includes an engaging portion engageable and disengageable relative to an engaged portion formed at the lower rail, and an unlock operation inhibition apparatus including a mass member arranged at an inner void of the upper rail, a moving axis forming member forming a moving axis of the mass member, and a restriction portion inhibiting a movement of the mass member on the moving axis, the unlock operation inhibition apparatus restricting the engaging portion from moving to disengage from the engaged portion by the movement of the mass member on the moving axis to a position at which the mass member interferes with the lock lever in a case where a collision load greater than a retraining force specified for the restriction portion is input.