DEVICE FOR LOCKING VEHICLE SEAT FORE-AND-AFT DISPLACEMENT MECHANISM Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: proposed device has locking lever arranged at inner side of displacement mechanism, lever locking member, return spring of locking lever, and slider. Locking members are brought out through port in vertical wall of slider for engagement with rack (teeth on rack have vertical front wall and inclined rear wall) secured on guide of displacement mechanism. Holes are made in slider wall through which two tongues of locking lever are brought to outer side of displacement mechanism. Lever return spring is arranged on outer side of displacement mechanism and is fitted by one end in cavities of said tongues. Tongue is cut in wall of slider to fit the second end of lever return spring, return spring being also other locking member of said lever. EFFECT: simplified design, improved reliability of locking of seat fore-and-aft displacement mechanism. 2 cl, 3 dwg