| CPC B60N 2/0818 (2013.01) [B60N 2/0875 (2013.01); B60N 2/0881 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
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1. A seat sliding device comprising:
a lower rail extending in a vehicle front-rear direction;
an upper rail configured to move relative to the lower rail in a longitudinal direction;
a lever member turnably supported about an axis in a left-right direction with respect to the upper rail;
a lock member provided at a rear end of the lever member and including lock portions configured to be movable between a lock position where the lock portions are engaged with locked portions formed in the lower rail and a release position where the lock portions are disengaged from the locked portions;
a biasing member configured to bias the lock portions in a lock position direction; and
an operation member connected to a front end of the lever member,
wherein the biasing member includes:
a front acting portion configured to come in contact with the operation member at a position forward of a turning center of the lever member to bias the front end of the lever member upward via the operation member;
a rear acting portion configured to come in contact with the lock member at a position rearward of the turning center of the lever member to bias the rear end of the lever member upward via the lock member; and
an intermediate support portion formed between the front acting portion and the rear acting portion and engaged with an engaging portion formed in the upper rail, and
wherein the engaging portion is positioned rearward of the turning center of the lever member and supports the intermediate support portion through contact with the intermediate support portion in such a way as to prevent the intermediate support portion from moving downward.
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