Patent ID: 6676099
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A vehicle seat runner, comprising a stationary channel section bar made of folded and cut steel sheet, said stationary presenting bar presenting:a web; two side flanges extending parallel to each other, each from the web to the free end; and two lips extending toward each other from the respective free ends of the two side flanges, and defining between them a slot for receiving at least one support member adapted to be fixed to the vehicle seat; the stationary bar extending over a certain length between a front end and a rear end for securing to the floor of the vehicle; wherein the stationary bar is engaged in an reinforcing bar made by extruding a light alloy, the reinforcing bar being secured to the stationary bar and presenting, a substantially channel section with a web placed against the web of the stationary bar, two side flanges hugging the flanges of the stationary bar, and two lips extending the flanges of said reinforcing bar and overlying the lips of the stationary bar, so as to bear against said lips of the stationary bar; wherein said reinforcing bar is placed at the rear end of the stationary bar and extends over a length that is shorter than one-third of the length of the stationary bar; and wherein the lips of the stationary bar are in front of reentrant troughs, each having a segment sloping towards the other lip and toward the web of the stationary bar, and the lips of the reinforcing bar present respective lips matching the shape of said sloping segment; in which at least one hole is made through the web of the stationary bar towards the rear end of said stationary bar in order to receive a bolt for fixing to the floor of the vehicle, the web of the reinforcing bar also having a hole in register with the hole in the web of the stationary bar so as to allow said bolt to pass.