Patent ID: 6089521
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
An automobile seat slide unit comprising:two slide rail assemblies to be disposed on respective sides of a seat and each having a lower rail to be secured to a vehicle floor and an upper rail to be secured to the seat and slidably mounted on said lower rail for adjusting a position of the seat in a direction longitudinally of a vehicle body;said lower rail having a generally flat bottom wall, two outer side walls extending upwardly from respective side edges of said bottom wall, and first and second inner side walls extending laterally inwardly and downwardly from respective upper edges of said outer side walls, said first inner side wall having a plurality of lock projections formed therewith at a lower end thereof;said upper rail having a generally flat upper wall, two inner side walls extending downwardly from respective side edges of said upper wall, and two outer side walls extending laterally outwardly and upwardly from respective lower edges of said inner side walls;a lock plate accommodated in said upper rail and having a first end pivotally connected to said upper rail, said lock plate also having a first horizontally extending portion extending laterally outwardly from a second end thereof opposite to the first end, said first horizontally extending portion having a plurality of lock holes defined therein into which said lock projections are engageable to lock said upper rail relative to said lower rail; anda lever having one end secured to said lock plate and extending through said upper wall of said upper rail;wherein upon operation of said lever, said lock plate is moved between a lock position, at which some of said lock projections are engaged into said plurality of lock holes, and an unlock position at which said lock projections are disengaged from said plurality of lock holes.