US 12,071,046 B2
Seat sliding device and method of manufacturing the seat sliding device
Takashi Imamura, Shizuoka (JP); and Takuro Sato, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TF-METAL CO., LTD., Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by TF-METAL Co., Ltd., Shizuoka (JP)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/581,275.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-008671 (JP), filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234477 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/07 (2006.01); B60N 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/067 (2013.01) [B60N 2/0705 (2013.01); B60N 2/0875 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat sliding device comprising:
a lower rail extending along a front-rear direction of a vehicle body;
an upper rail moving relative to the lower rail along a longitudinal direction of the lower rail;
a screw shaft rotatably attached to the upper rail and extending along a direction of the relative movement;
a nut member attached to the lower rail and screwed onto the screw shaft; and
at least one reinforcing member attached to the upper rail and having a through-hole through which the screw shaft passes, wherein
the upper rail includes a pair of right and left engagement holes formed in a pair of right and left side walls and with which right and left side edges of the reinforcing member are engaged, and a pair of right and left locking-pieces formed on the pair of right and left side walls so as to be positioned higher than the engagement holes and in which an upper end surface enters within the upper rail,
the reinforcing member includes a pair of right and left locking portions formed at lower portions of the right and left side edges and engaged with the pair of right and left engagement holes, and a pair of right and left recesses formed at upper portions of the right and left side edges and with which the pair of right and left locking-pieces are engaged, and
the locking-piece enters the recess in a state where the upper end surface abuts an inner side surface of the recess and is bent into a shape bent inwardly and upwardly in the recess and engaged with the recess.