Patent ID: 6488250
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A seat guide for positional adjustment of a vehicle seat in a direction of an axis of displacement and for attachment to the vehicle seat, said seat guide comprising:two guide rails installable parallel to an axis of displacement and spaced apart along a lateral axis; two support units attachable to the vehicle seat; a plurality of support pieces attached to said two support units; a plurality of support rollers in operable cooperation with and moveable relative to said guide rails, said plurality of support rollers being provided to support a vertical load, said plurality of support rollers being mounted on said two support units; a plurality of lateral guide devices in operable cooperation with and moveable relative to said guide rails, said plurality of lateral guide devices being provided for lateral support in a direction along said lateral axis and operably positioned substantially perpendicular to said axis of displacement and said two guide rails, said plurality of lateral guide devices having a plurality of guide rollers in operable cooperation with and moveable relative to said guide rails, at least one of said plurality of guide rollers being attached to at least one of said plurality of support pieces, whereby one of said two support units and said plurality of support pieces is elastically deformable to compensate for lateral dimensional tolerances between said guide rails.