Patent ID: 8006949
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seat slide device for a vehicle comprising: a lower rail adapted to be mounted on a vehicle floor; an upper rail adapted to be mounted on a vehicle seat and supported movably relative to the lower rail; a lock mechanism having: a lock portion disposed at one of the lower rail and the upper rail; and a lock member disposed at an other one of the lower rail and the upper rail, the lock member being engageable with or disengageable from the lock portion; a holding hole provided at the other one of the lower rail and the upper rail; a handle rotatably supported in the holding hole, the handle rotated to operate the lock member; a radial projection portion formed at the handle; and a bearing member fitting in the holding hole and supporting the handle, the bearing member having: an engaging portion which engages the handle to restrain axial movement of the handle relative to the bearing member; a holding portion holding the other one of the lower rail and the upper rail, the holding portion disposed between an outer peripheral portion of the handle and the other one of the lower rail and the upper rail, the holding portion including an outer edge portion disposed between the other one of the lower rail and the upper rail and the radial projection portion; and a cushioning portion allowing the handle, whose axial movement is restrained by the engaging portion, to move in an axial direction relative to the other one of the lower rail and the upper rail.