Patent ID: 7770863
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seat apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a lower rail fixed to a vehicle floor; an upper rail slidably supported relative to the lower rail and having a U-shaped cross section opened downward; a supporting member integrally formed with a bottom wall portion fixed, at both longitudinal ends thereof, to an upper portion of the upper rail and a side wall portion extending upward from at least one width directional end of the bottom wall portion and supporting a vehicle seat; a curved portion integrally formed at an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the bottom wall portion of the supporting member and curved upward to be distant from the upper rail; and a lower arm directly or indirectly connected, via links, to the side wall portion of the supporting member at an upper side of the bottom wall portion of the supporting member and forming a framework of the vehicle seat, wherein the lower arm comes in contact with the supporting member at the curved portion when the lower arm is moved downward, wherein the links connect the lower arm to the supporting member and allow the lower arm to contact the supporting member at the curved portion when the links are moved downward.