A seat support for use with a vehicle seat and adapted to engage a track provided on the floor of a vehicle, the track comprising two inwardly-directed lips on opposed sides of a slot, the lips providing first alternating protrusions and recesses along the length of the track, the protrusions being spaced apart by a spacing distance, the first and second protrusions defining shoulder surfaces on each side thereof, the seat support having an elongate main body and comprising: an interface portion which has a profile comprising second alternating protrusions and recesses, the protrusions being spaced apart by the same spacing distance; and a first bracing member provided at or near a forward end of the main body, and a second bracing member provided at or near a rear end of the main body; wherein: the seat support is configured such that the second protrusions may be aligned with the first recesses so that the interface portion may be placed within the slot in an engagement position, the seat support being moveable with respect to the slot, from the engagement position into a bracing position in which the first and second protrusions are substantially aligned, preventing the interface portion from being removed from the slot; one of the first bracing member and the second bracing member is a fixed bracing member, being fixed substantially fixed in place with respect to the main body of the seat support, so that in both the engagement position and the bracing position the first bracing member is received in one of the recesses of the track; the other one of the first bracing member and the second bracing member is a moveable bracing member, being movable with respect to the main body of the seat support, between a retracted position, in which, when the interface portion is placed within the slot, the movable bracing member is above the level of the track, and a locking position, in which, when the interface portion is placed within the slot, the moveable bracing member extends into the slot; and when the seat support is in the bracing position and the movable bracing member is in the locking position, the first and second bracing members are received in respective recesses of the track, the first bracing member is braced against a first pair of shoulders on the track that face towards the rear of the main body, and the second bracing member is braced against a second pair of shoulders on the track that face towards the front of the main body.

An electrical system includes a movable component configured for selective connection with and selective removal from a mounting surface. The movable component may include a first electronic control unit (ECU), and an electromechanical interface configured for selectively locking the movable component with said mounting surface. The electrical system may include a second ECU configured to communicate with the first ECU, and/or a third ECU configured to detect a potential dynamic event via one or more sensors. The third ECU may be configured to provide dynamic event information to the second ECU. The second ECU may be configured to provide disable information corresponding to the dynamic event information to the movable component. The first ECU may be configured to lock the movable component with the mounting surface according to the disable information.

A vehicle seat is provided. The vehicle seat comprises construction elements that are movable relative to one another and at least one force transmission element which transmits activation forces and/or stress forces that result from the use of the vehicle seat from one construction element to the other. The force transmission element by way of at least one joint is connected to both construction elements, and conjointly with the at least one joint is an integral component part of at least one of the two construction elements.

The present invention relates to a sliding device (1) for a vehicle seat. The sliding device comprises a pair of parallel slideways (3a, 3b), each of which comprises a lower rail (5a, 5b), an upper rail (7a, 7b) slidably mounted to the lower rail and a latch (21a, 21b) for allowing/preventing a movement of the upper rail relative to the lower rail; a releasing member (29) is provided for driving said latches to a position in which the upper rails are free to move relative to the lower rails. According to the invention, each latch (21a, 21b) comprises a rear portion which is bent into a U-like shape and comprises a lower leg carrying latching elements (37a, 37b) configured to cooperate with corresponding latching elements (41a, 41b) provided in the lower rail and an upper leg configured to engage the releasing member (29). The design of the latches of the sliding device of the invention allows to improve the reliability of said sliding device.

An actuation mechanism for a longitudinal adjuster of a vehicle seat may have at least one actuation arm, a trigger lever, and a positioning element which is arranged on the trigger lever and which is pivotally mounted on a free lever end of the trigger lever.

A release lever includes: a release pressing portion pressing a portion around a lock portion of a plate spring to release an engagement of the lock portion with a locked portion; an operation portion located in a front side of the release lever and operated by a lock release operation of an operation handle; and a swing fulcrum portion provided between the release pressing portion and the operation portion. The plate spring integrally includes: a base including the swing fulcrum portion and fixed to an upper rail; a rear biasing portion located behind the base in a vehicle front-rear direction and biasing the lock portion in a lock direction; and a front biasing portion located in front of the base in the vehicle front-rear direction and biasing the operation handle upward. The front biasing portion has a biasing force smaller than that of the rear biasing portion.

A vehicle seat slide apparatus includes: a lower rail; an upper rail movably mounted on the lower rail and configured to support a seat; an annular-shaped lock spring attached to the upper rail; and an unlocking member attached to the upper rail, wherein: the lock spring has a lock portion configured to engage the lower rail to restrict upper rail movement; the unlocking member is configured to release movement restriction of the upper rail by displacing the lock spring to release an engagement state between the lock spring and the lower rail, is disposed inside the lock spring in both longitudinal and width directions of the upper rail, and includes a rotating portion and a pressing portion; the rotating portion is made of one flat plate material, and is configured to rotate; and the pressing portion is configured to be connected to the rotating portion and press the lock spring.

The present disclosure relates to a track for an automotive vehicle seat comprising: a first, upper, rail and a second, lower, rail mounted sliding relative to each other along a sliding axis, that define a cavity between them; a bolt comprising at least one locking member movable from a locked position in which the at least one locking member immobilizes the first rail and the second rail relative to each other, and an unlocked position and a guiding system for the at least one locking member between the first locked position and the second unlocked position, secured to the first, upper, rail, where the guiding system comprises an inner guide secured to the first rail at two anchoring points extending respectively the guide forming body above and below a guiding orifice.

A track adjuster includes a first pair of tracks, a first lockset that may be configured to selectively restrict movement of the first pair of tracks, a second pair of tracks, and a second lockset configured that may be configured to selectively restrict movement of the second pair of tracks. The first lockset may be a first type of lockset and the second lockset may be a second type of lockset. The first lockset may include a positive engagement locking lockset. The second lockset may include a pawl-type lockset.

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back, a seat position adjusting device that moves and adjusts the seat cushion back and forth, and a seat position detector that detects a position of the seat cushion. The seat position adjusting device includes an upper rail that supports the seat cushion, a lower rail secured to a floor of a vehicle and configured to move the upper rail, a manipulation lever disposed inside with respect to the upper rail, and a bracket that is secured to the upper rail and supports the manipulation lever. The bracket includes a first portion that supports the manipulation lever, a second portion integratedly formed with the first portion and to which the seat position detector is mounted, and a slit that separates the first portion and the second portion.