Patent ID: 11865952
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A vehicle seat comprising:
a side shield;
seat rails;
sliders that slide on the seat rails;
a lever assembly mounted on the side shield, wherein activation of the lever assembly causes the sliders to slide on the seat rails to move the vehicle seat, the lever assembly including:
a slide housing including aligned housing holes;
a slide lever received in the slide housing, wherein the slide lever includes aligned lever holes, and the slide lever includes a body portion having a length and a recess approximately near a center of the length, and
a pin received in the aligned housing holes and the aligned lever holes, and activation of the slide lever relative to the housing rotates the slide lever about the pin relative to the lever housing to allow the slider to slide on the seat rails, wherein the pin is received in the recess,
wherein the aligned housing holes are located adjacent to a back wall of the slide housing.