Patent ID: 6048030
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A seat sliding apparatus comprising:a lower rail adapted to be mountable to a vehicle floor;an upper rail slidably received on said lower rail; a memory mechanism section;a lock plate for releasably locking said upper rail to said lower rail; anda walk-in mechanism section for locking and unlocking movement of a vehicle seat in a forward-and-backward direction through operation of said memory mechanism section and said lock plate,wherein said memory mechanism section is arranged in a space formed between a first substrate and a second substrate and said memory mechanism further comprises;an operation lever for operating said lock plate, said operation lever rotatably mounted between said first and said second substrates on an axis fixing pin fixed to said first and said second substrates;a memory bracket holding said lock member in an unlocked position, said memory bracket rotatably mounted between said first and said second substrates on an axis fixing pin fixed to said first and second substrates adjacent a free end of said operation lever;a memory holding pin for contacting and restraining said free end of said operation lever, said memory holding pin arranged to contact a portion of said free end of said operation lever and to extend through said memory bracket; andsaid memory holding pin extending through a slide hole in each of said first and said second substrates and through a slide hole in said memory bracket, so that said memory mechanism section is united, said first and said second substrates fixed to said upper rail.