Patent ID: 7066521
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A locking guide of a locking device in a vehicle seat, the locking device comprising: a lower rail fixed to a vehicle body; an upper rail coupled to the lower rail and having a seat for a passenger fixed on the upper rail; the locking guide fixed to a bottom surface of the upper rail; one or more lock members provided inside the locking guide, such that each of the lock members is connected at an upper portion thereof to an operating lever and has a plurality of locking protrusions formed at a lower portion thereof, so as to be lifted and lowered inside the locking guide; a plurality of locking grooves spaced in a longitudinal direction at a center of the lower rail so as to be engaged with the locking protrusions; and a lock spring provided inside the locking guide to constantly press the lock members such that the locking protrusions are engaged with the locking grooves of the lower rail, wherein the locking guide is formed by pressing a plate member having a predetermined thickness, the locking guide comprising: a bottom surface recessed in the locking guide; a guide body having a circumferential portion formed along edges of the bottom surface and having a predetermined height; guide holes formed through the bottom surface of the guide body such that the locking protrusions of the lock members can enter or exit through the guide holes; supporting posts extended at the front and rear sides of the guide body to a height such that the supporting posts can be connected to the lower surface of the upper rail; and fixing flanges, each of which has a fixing hole and is bent at an end of the supporting post so as to be fixed to the upper rail.