Patent ID: 8469327
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A slide rail device for a vehicle comprising: a pair of lower rails which extend in a forward/rearward direction and are fixed to a vehicle floor; a pair of upper rails which support a seat and are supported by said pair of lower rails to be slidable in said forward/rearward direction; a pair of locking mechanisms which are provided between said upper rails and said lower rails and which restrict or release a restriction on sliding of said upper rails; lock release levers which are placed between said upper rails and bottom walls of said lower rails and supported by said upper rails to be rotatable in a vertical direction between a lock position, in which said locking mechanisms restrict said sliding of said upper rails, and an unlock position, in which the front of said lock release levers move more upward than those in said lock position to release said restriction on said sliding of said upper rails that is imposed by said locking mechanisms, wherein front ends of said lock release levers constitute connecting portions; a handle having a pair of rear-end connecting portions which are inserted into said connecting portions, respectively, to connect said front ends of said lock release levers to each other; rotation limit portions which are formed in said connecting portions to prevent said rear-end connecting portions from rotating upward relative to said lock release levers, and rotation allowance spaces which are formed in said connecting portions to allow said connecting portions to relatively rotate downward from a position at which said rear-end connecting portions contact said rotation limit portions; and biasers which are installed in said rear-end connecting portions and said lock release levers and bias and rotate said rear-end connecting portions in a direction to bring said rear-end connecting portions into contact with said rotation limit portions.