Patent ID: 7461898
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat position adjusting device, comprising: a slide adjuster having a slide look mechanism for slidably supporting a vehicle seat relative to a vehicle floor and holding the vehicle seat at a predetermined position relative to the vehicle floor by restricting a relative sliding movement of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor; a reclining adjuster for rotatably supporting a seat back of the vehicle seat about a shaft, relative to a seat cushion of the vehicle seat and for adjusting the seat back of the vehicle seat to a desired angular position relative to the seat cushion of the vehicle seat; and a walk-in mechanism disposed between the slide adjuster and the reclining adjuster for actuating the slide lock mechanism of the slide adjuster to allow the sliding movement of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle floor when the seat back is rotated equal to or more than a predetermined angle relative to the seat cushion by operating the reclining adjuster, wherein the walk-in mechanism includes a detecting plate for detecting the predetermined angle or more than the predetermined angle rotation of the seat back relative to the seat cushion and wherein the reclining adjuster includes a lower plate adapted to be fixed to a frame of the seat cushion, an upper plate adapted to be fixed to a frame of the seat back and rotatably supported on the lower plate, and a circumferential supporting surface rotatably supporting the detecting plate thereon, the circumferential supporting surfacing being formed in the upper plate or the lower plate to surround the shaft.