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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7993060 | Seat slide apparatus for vehicle A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes a first rail adapted to be securely mounted on one of a vehicle floor and a seat, a second rail adapted to be securely mounted on the other of the vehicle floor and the seat and movably assembled relative to the first ra... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7438474 | Spacer structure for cross rollers A spacer structure for cross rollers comprises a frame and four protruding wings, the protruding wings are arranged in pairs on opposing sides of the frame and outwardly extend therefrom. The two inactive end surfaces of the roller are confined between the paired pr... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7416216 | Telescopic shaft for vehicle steering According to the present invention, a rolling element 7 for rotating upon relative movement of both shafts 1 and 2 in the axial direction is disposed between three pairs of axial grooves 3 and 5 which are formed on the outer periph... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7314242 | Vehicle rail and vehicle seat apparatus A vehicle rail fixed to a vehicle floor for relatively movably supporting a movable rail fixed to a seat includes a bottom wall member having a drawing portion at which the vehicle rail is fixed to the vehicle floor, and a guide member provided in a standing manner ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7267317 | Slide device A slide device, comprising first class members having spaces opening to sides formed in the longitudinal directions thereof and second class rail members positioned in the spaces, wherein either of the first and second class rail members movable relative to each oth... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7228595 | Anti-rattle door assembly An anti-rattle door assembly includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a first base plate and a roller disposed on the first base plate. The second member is configured to receive the roller of the first member. The second member include... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210849 | Sliding apparatus To provide a sliding apparatus which may depress a micro slip phenomenon without fail and realize the system with a simple structure and which is less expensive to save a cost and superior in practical use. In a sliding apparatus in which a sliding member (2)... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7147195 | Automobile slide adjuster An automobile slide adjuster includes a lower rail to be secured to a vehicle body and an upper rail slidably mounted on the lower rail. A plurality of rolling elements are disposed between the upper and lower rails at a lower portion thereof. The upper rail has a p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128359 | Device for fixing a rail to a motor vehicle floor pan and the method using said device A device used to fix a rail to a motor vehicle floor pan. The device includes a mechanism to position one of the ends of the rail in relation to the floor pan before the rail is fixed to the floor pan. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7073948 | Roller bearing A roller bearing (e.g., a cross taper roller bearing) includes an outer ring, an inner ring and rolling elements (e.g., taper rollers) located between the inner and outer rings. The rolling elements are kept at a distance by a cage formed from a number of individual... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7029072 | Modified rumble strip cutter A rumble strip cutting machine having a drum that can be shifted from one side of the machine to the other. The machine includes a piston wheel that imparts an up and down motion to the frame so that rumble strips can be cut at desired intervals as the machine is dr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025319 | Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat In a longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat, in particular for an automobile seat, having a first seat rail, a second seat rail that can be made to slide relatively to the first seat rail, rollers (9) arranged between the two seat rails, and at least one ba... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6971797 | Linear motion guide unit with means for keeping cage against wobbling A linear motion guide unit where there is provided a tiny mechanism to keep a cage retaining therein more than one rolling element against wobbling. The cage retaining rolling elements holds therein a pinion, which mates with racks lying in the raceway grooves. A pi... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6960022 | Macrocomposite guideway and gib produced therefrom A “hybrid” or macrocomposite guideway, wherein the “traditional” or existing guideway material (e.g., hardened steel) is maintained as the wear resistant, low friction surface intended to be in physical contact with one or more bearings, and further wherein ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6942386 | Roller bearing for linear movements A roller bearing for linear movements has two guide members arranged coaxially relative to each other between which there are provided races for roller members extending in the longitudinal direction. The roller members are biased in radial direction by at least one... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6923415 | Seat slide device for vehicles A seat slide device for a vehicle is provided which comprises a lower rail, an upper rail and a lock mechanism for releasably locking the upper rail to the lower rail. The lock mechanism includes one or more locking fingers pivotally installed on an upper rail side,... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6886983 | Linear motion guide unit with means for keeping cage against wandering A linear motion guide unit is disclosed in which a rack-and-pinion arrangement is interposed between paired guide rails to keep a cage retaining more than one rolling element therein against falling off from the guide rails. In the linear motion guide unit, the cage... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6736541 | Linear motion guide unit with means for keeping cage against wandering In a linear motion guide unit in which a rack-and-pinion arrangement is interposed between paired guide rail members to keep a cage against falling off from the guide rail members, the rack is made reduced in size in depth direction to fit well in even a gutter cut ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6575631 | Rolling bearing and rolling bearing device Into a raceway groove formed between outer and inner races, there are incorporated a plurality of rolling elements of which outside diameters serving as the rolling contact surfaces thereof each has a curvature in the axial direction as well and also each... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6419069 | Cross roller assembly and cross roller guiding apparatus using the same A cross roller assembly suitable for use with rollers disposed in a cross roller arrangement is provided for the purpose of preventing the rollers from skewing as much as possible to thereby guide them in a stable manner. The cross roller assembly (21) in... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6386499 | Seat slide device for a vehicle A seat slide device for a vehicle includes a lower rail fixed on the floor of the vehicle, and an upper rail slidably supported on the lower rail through intermediately located members such as rollers and balls. The upper rail has a horizontal portion pos... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6382836 | Rolling bearing Into a raceway groove 3 formed between outer and inner races 1 and 2, there are incorporated a plurality of rolling elements 5, 5 of which outside diameters 5a serving as the rolling contact surfaces thereof each has a curvature in the axial direction as ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6276830 | Linear guide assembly with positively guided cage Linear guide assembly comprising at least two guide rails, which are moveable in the longitudinal direction with respect to each other and have prismatic shaped raceways, a plurality of rolling elements guided in a cage, at least one gear wheel for the po... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6200032 | Seat suspension with dual roller assembly A roller and guide assembly for use in an actuating seat suspension having a roller assembly comprised of a first and second roller that articulate on upper and lower guide surfaces formed by a channel. The first roller rotatingly engages the lower guide ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6155719 | Linear guide assembly with positively guided cage Linear guide assembly comprising at least two guide rails, which are movable in the longitudinal direction with respect to each other having similarly shaped raceways, a plurality rolling elements, guided in a cage, at least one gear wheel connected to th... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6123459 | Linear guide with rolling bodies A linear guide includes rolling bodies that are inserted into mutually corresponding grooves of mutually guided parts. The guide surfaces for the rolling bodies are partially formed by plane surfaces of rotatable beveled round rods that are positioned in ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6089521 | Automobile seat slide unit An automobile seat slide unit includes two slide rail assemblies disposed on respective sides of a seat. Each of the slide rail assemblies has a lower rail to be secured to a vehicle floor and an upper rail to be secured to the seat and slidably mounted o... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5984254 | Slideway for a vehicle seat, and a seat fitted with such a slideway A vehicle seat slideway has a male channel member whose two flanges are outwardly extended by flaps extending at an angle outwards and towards the web of the male channel member to a vertical end portion, and a female channel member having flanges extende... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5961089 | Slide for automobile vehicle seats A slide for vehicle seats includes a generally U-shaped female section having two flanges respectively extending to flange returns that confront one another. Also included is a generally U-shaped male section also having two flanges respectively extending... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5897213 | Slide assembly for preloading roller bearings A machine slide comprising a support member having two longitudinally-extending races with outwardly-facing, longitudinally extending grooves at opposite sides thereof, and a carriage movable on the support member. The carriage has two longitudinally-exte... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5692839 | Vehicle seat slide A slide for a vehicle seat comprises a first bar having a narrow channel section with vertical flanges that are extended outwardly by rims, and a second bar having a wide upside-down channel section enveloping the first bar with the ends of the vertical f... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5666870 | Press die set and press machine for driving it A press die set includes a hollow cylindrical guide bush mounted on a punch holder, a cylindrical retainer received within the guide bush, and a columnar guide post vertically mounted on a die holder and received within the retainer. First right angle gro... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5620258 | Press die set and press machine for driving it The bottoms 225 of circumferential groove 22 are equidistant from the axis of rotation 215 and constitute the sides of the column, the axes of rotation of which are common. The sides 226 and 227 of the circumferential groove 22 are not normal to the axis ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5605368 | Seat sliding device for vehicle A vehicle having a plurality of seats is generally provided with a plurality of seatbelt units and a seat sliding device for adjusting the positions of a first seat and a second seat located rearward of the first seat. The sliding device of the present in... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5529397 | Seat slide device A seat slide device for use in a vehicle includes a lower rail for fixing to a floor of the vehicle and having a generally U-shaped channel cross-section defined by a base arm and side arms, an upper rail for fixing to a seat of the vehicle and slidably s... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5427454 | Linear roller bearing with rack and pinion The linear roller bearing comprises: a pair of ways with their raceway grooves facing each other; a cage disposed between the ways; cylindrical rollers held in the cage between the ways; a rack installed in a cutter escape groove formed in each raceway gr... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5370350 | Seat slide device A seat slide device including a lower light-alloy guide rail rigidly mounted on a floor panel through a leg member attached to the lower rail, an upper light-alloy guide rail which is slidably fitted to the lower rail and firmly secured to the bottom of a... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5363741 | Slide actuator In a slide actuator, a central guide rail having V-shaped grooves defined therein and opened at 90 degree angles, is mounted on a cylinder body. A slide table is brought into engagement with the guide rail. Guide members having V-shaped grooves defined th... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5338119 | Longitudinal guide for longitudinal adjustment devices for vehicle seats A longitudinal guide for a seat sliding device for vehicle seats includes two elongated tracks that slide relative to each other. A guide is arranged between the tracks, there being at least two guides when viewed from the profile of the longitudinal guid... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5329801 | Press die set A sliding bearing assembly for a press die set includes a guide post having at least two external grooves disposed parallel to the post axis, each of which has two flat surfaces oriented at 90 degrees to one another. A guide bushing is slidably mounted on... | 07/19/1994 |
