Adjusting device of front and rear positions of seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025262989-A1
Application number	US-202519198515-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 5, 2025
Priority date	Oct 29, 2018
Publication date	Aug 21, 2025
Grant date	—

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 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

1 . An adjusting device of front and rear positions of a seat, the device comprising a fixed rail that is fixed to a floor and extends in a front-and-rear direction, a seat support body that is fixed to the seat and supported on the fixed rail so that the seat support body can slide in the front-and-rear direction, a drive device that can drive the seat support body in the front-and-rear direction with respect to the fixed rail, and a power supply device that supplies power to an electrical component attached to the seat,
characterized in that: the drive device has a motor and a transmission member that is disposed so as to pass longitudinally through an interior of the fixed rail and is involved in transmission of driving force from the motor to the seat support body, the power supply device includes a housing that houses an electric wire for power supply, and a slider that is linked to the seat support body and can slide within the fixed rail, the electric wire being drawn out from the housing and retained by the slider so that the electric wire can slide within the fixed rail, and the slider has an interference-avoiding portion that avoids interference with the transmission member within the fixed rail.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Meguro Tsukasa
• Shimada Toshiaki
• Tezuka Nobuyuki

Classifications

• B60N2/02253

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

• B60N2/067

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

• B60N2/0264

  characterised by the type of electrical connection, e.g. wiring, plugs or USB · CPC title

• B60N2/0732

  Attachment of seat frame to the slide, e.g. eyelets · CPC title