Patent ID: 6138974
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A seat slide device for vehicles comprising: a lower rail adapted to be arranged on a floor portion of a vehicle body; an upper rail adapted to support a seat and slidable along said lower rail, said upper rail having a top face; a screw member arranged in said lower rail and a nut member disposed on the screw member, said nut member being fixed to the lower rail and the screw member being axially movable relative to the lower rail; a drive unit for sliding said upper rail with respect to said lower rail by axially moving said screw member; and a bracket member supporting said drive unit and retained by said upper rail while retaining one end of said screw member in said lower rail, said bracket member including an abutment wall face for abutting against a shoulder portion which is formed adjacent one end of said upper rail and below the top face of the upper rail; said abutment wall face of said bracket member abutting against the shoulder portion above said screw member; the shoulder portion being formed by an opening on the top face and two side walls adjacent the one end of said upper rail, and the abutment wall face of the bracket member being a vertical wall face of said bracket member.