Patent ID: 7104584
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seat slide device for a vehicle in which a width of the seat slide device in the horizontal direction is smaller than a height of the seat slide device in the vertical direction comprising: a guide rail extending in a back/forth direction of a vehicle seat, including a fixed side vertical wall extending in the vertical direction in cross section and being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, the guide rail being adapted to be secured to a vehicle floor at the fixed side vertical wall; a slide rail engaged with the guide rail and guided to slide in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, the slide rail including a moved side vertical wall extending in the vertical direction in cross section and being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the slide rail, the slide rail being adapted to be mounted on the vehicle seat; a drive member provided in a space formed between the guide rail and the slide rail and rotatably supported by either one of the guide rail or the slide rail; a driven engaging portion formed at the fixed side vertical wall of the guide rail to be engaged with the drive member; and flange portions at upper and lower portions of the fixed side vertical wall, the flange portions extending in the horizontal direction in cross section from the fixed side vertical wall toward the slide rail and being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail.