Adjusting device of front and rear positions of seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11964593-B2
Application number	US-202318316401-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2023
Priority date	Oct 29, 2018
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

In an arrangement which includes a seat support body slidably supported on a fixed rail fixed to a floor; a power supply device supplying power to an electrical component on a seat side; and a drive device driving the seat support body in a front-and-rear direction and having a motor and a transmission member disposed so as to pass longitudinally through an interior of the fixed rail, the power supply device includes: a housing housing an electric wire for power supply; and a slider linked to the seat support body and slidable within the fixed rail. The electric wire is drawn out from the housing, retained by the slider and slidable within the fixed rail. The slider has an interference-avoiding portion for avoiding interference with the transmission member disposed so as to pass longitudinally through the interior of the fixed rail. Accordingly, the transmission member of the drive device and the slider for retaining the electric wire, which slides within the fixed rail, can be arranged in proximity to each other within the fixed rail while avoiding interference therebetween, thus enabling simplification and a reduction in the size of a rail structure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An adjusting device of front and rear positions of a seat, the adjusting device comprising:
a fixed rail;
a movable rail that is movable to the fixed rail;
a motor that drives the movable rail;
a threaded shaft that is driven by the motor and moves the movable rail; and
a power supply device that supplies power to an electrical component attached to the seat,
wherein the power supply device includes a slider that retains the electric wire for power supply,
wherein the slider is linked to the movable rail and is relatively movable to the fixed rail with the movable rail, and
wherein at least a portion of the threaded shaft is disposed in the fixed rail in the vertical direction of the fixed rail.

2. The adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the slider is exposed outside the fixed rail.

3. The adjusting device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the slider comprises a pair of electric wire-retaining parts that are arranged across a gap in a left-and-right direction within the fixed rail and a linking part that provides a link between the electric wire-retaining parts,
wherein the linking part has a top wall portion covers an upper side of the threaded shaft,
wherein the fixed rail includes a bottom wall part, vertical wall parts standing above from the outer ends of the bottom wall part in the width direction of the fixed rail, flange portions that are connectedly provided integrally with the upper ends of the vertical wall part and hanging wall parts hanging below from the inside ends of the flange portions in the width direction of the fixed rail and opposed to the vertical wall part,
wherein each of the electric wire-retaining parts is disposed between the vertical wall part and the hanging wall part,
wherein the linking part has side wall portions extending downward from the left and right ends of the top wall portions and lower linking portions linking the lower ends of the side wall portions to the electric wire-retaining parts, and
wherein the lower linking portions are linked to the electric wire-retaining parts below the of the axis line of the threaded shaft.

4. The adjusting device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the slider is detachably jointed to the movable rail via linking means provided with the side wall portions, and
wherein the threaded shaft is located at the center in the width direction of the fixed rail and inside than the linking means in the width direction of the fixed rail.

5. The adjusting device according to claim 4 , wherein the threaded shaft and the electric wire are provided at the same level.

6. The adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein a support plate is provided with the movable rail, the threaded shaft is supported by the support plate, and the length of the support plate is longer than the length of the slider in the front-and-rear direction of the movable rail.

7. The adjusting device according to claim 6 , the device further comprising a pair of the fixed rails and a pair of the movable rails,
wherein the power supply device includes a housing for housing the electric wire,
wherein the housing is disposed between the pair of the fixed rails,
wherein each of the fixed rails are provided with a first support frame and a second support frame to fixedly place the pair of the fixed rails on the floor, and
wherein the first frame and the second frame are extended in the left-and-right direction and arranged at an interval in the front-and-rear direction, the first frame is disposed being not to be superimposed on the housing in the up-and-down direction, and the second frames is disposed being superimposed on the housing in the up-and-down direction.

8. A method for assembling an adjusting device of front and rear positions of a seat, the method comprising:
providing a fixed rail on a floor;
providing the fixed rail with a movable rail movably;
providing a motor that drives the movable rail;
providing a threaded shaft that is driven by the motor and moves the movable rail; and
providing a power supply device that supplies power to an electrical component attached to the seat,
wherein the power supply device includes a slider that retains the electric wire for power supply,
wherein the slider is linked to the movable rail and is relatively movable to the fixed rail with the movable rail, and
wherein at least a portion of the threaded shaft is disposed in the fixed rail in the vertical direction of the fixed rail.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein at least a portion of the slider is exposed outside the fixed rail.

10. The method according to claim 9 ,
wherein the slider comprises a pair of electric wire-retaining parts that are arranged across a gap in a left-and-right direction within the fixed rail and a linking part that provides a link between the electric wire-retaining parts,
wherein the linking part has a top wall portion covers an upper side of the threaded shaft,
wherein the fixed rail includes a bottom wall part, vertical wall parts standing above from the outer ends of the bottom wall part in the width direction of the fixed rail, flange portions that are connectedly provided integrally with the upper ends of the vertical wall part and hanging wall parts hanging below from the inside ends of the flange portions in the width direction of the fixed rail and opposed to the vertical wall part,
wherein each of the electric wire-retaining parts is disposed between the vertical wall part and the hanging wall part,
wherein the linking part has side wall portions extending downward from the left and right ends of the top wall portions and lower linking portions linking the lower ends of the side wall portions to the electric wire-retaining parts, and
wherein the lower linking portions are linked to the electric wire-retaining parts below the of the axis line of the threaded shaft.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
jointing the slider to the movable rail detachably via linking means provided with the side wall portions, and
locating the threaded shaft at the center in the width direction of the fixed rail and inside than the linking means in the width direction of the fixed rail.

12. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
providing the threaded shaft and the electric wire at the same level.

13. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
providing a support plate with the movable rail, and
supporting the threaded shaft by the support plate,
wherein the length of the support plate is longer than the length of the slider in the front-and-rear direction of the movable rail.

14. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
providing a pair of the fixed rails and a pair of the movable rails,
wherein the power supply device includes a housing for housing the electric wire,
wherein the housing is disposed between the pair of the fixed rails,
wherein each of the fixed rails are provided with a first support frame and a second support frame to fixedly place the pair of the fixed rails on the floor, and
wherein the first frame and the second frame are extended in the left-and-right direction and arranged at an interval in the front-and-rear direction, the first frame is disposed being not to be superimposed on the housing in the up-and-down direction, and the second frames is disposed being superimposed on the housing in the up-and-down direction.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Meguro Tsukasa
• Shimada Toshiaki
• Tezuka Nobuyuki

Classifications

• B60N2/02246 Primary

  Electric motors therefor · CPC title

• B60N2/067

  by linear actuators, e.g. linear screw mechanisms · CPC title

• B60R16/037

  for occupant comfort {, e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel} · CPC title

• B60N2/02253

  characterised by the transmission between the electric motor and the seat or seat parts · CPC title

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title