Patent ID: 9108533
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A longitudinal guide for seats of motor vehicle seats, comprising two elongate rails, each of said rails comprising a lower rail, an upper rail supported thereon so as to be movable in a longitudinal direction, and two bearing areas for guiding means, which are disposed diagonally opposite to each other and biased against each other, each upper and lower rail having an L-shaped region, if viewed in profile, which is formed by a base leg and an L-leg projecting from the base leg essentially perpendicularly, and two end portions which are respectively connected to the L-shaped region, wherein each end portion of the upper or lower rail together with the end portion of the associated lower or upper rail forms an embracing area under mutual interlocking, the end portions of the upper rail together with opposite portions of the associated lower rail form the bearing areas, and a single group of guiding means, which consists of a plurality of balls, is supported in a first bearing area, wherein the first bearing area is formed by a corner area of the lower rail and by the end portion of the upper rail, which is formed as a circular arc-shaped profile, a first connecting leg projects outwardly from the L-leg of the L-shaped region of the lower rail, the first connecting leg is followed by a second connecting leg, which extends obliquely upwards and outwards of the rail, the corner area is formed on the second connecting leg the end portion of the upper rail, which is formed as a circular arc-shaped profile, is connected with a bent portion of the upper rail, which is connected with the base leg of the upper rail, and the bent portion of the upper rail is spaced apart from and opposite to the first connecting leg, for directly supporting the bent portion of the upper rail on the first connecting leg in the event of a crash.