Patent ID: 7665791

Claim:
A seat sliding device for a vehicle comprising: a lower rail fixed to a floor of said vehicle; an upper rail supported on a seat of said vehicle, said upper rail being mounted on said lower rail to be longitudinally movable relative thereto, and to define an inner space together with said lower rail; a lock lever disposed in said inner space defined by said upper rail and said lower rail, said lock lever being tilted from said inner space toward the outside of said rails to lock said upper rail relative to said lower rail; a torsion bar having a bar-like portion extended longitudinally along said upper rail, a contact portion formed integrally therewith at one end thereof to contact said lock lever, a first mounting portion formed adjacent to said contact portion and supported on said upper rail to provide a rotation center of said contact portion, and a second mounting portion formed at the other end of said bar-like portion and fixed to said upper rail to provide a fixed portion of said torsion bar; and operation means for operating said lock lever in a releasing direction thereof; wherein said upper rail has a pair of lateral side walls, and a first mounting hole defined in one of said side walls, and wherein said first mounting portion of said torsion bar has a bent portion being offset to an axis of said bar-like portion to be engaged with said first mounting hole, to support said first mounting portion on said upper rail.