Motor vehicles – With means for promoting safety of vehicle – its occupant or... – Responsive to absence or inattention of operator – or...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-29
2011-11-08
Gibson, Randy W (Department: 2841)
Motor vehicles
With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or...
Responsive to absence or inattention of operator, or...
C280S735000, C177S136000, C177SDIG011, C073S856000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08051941
ABSTRACT:
An upper rail is movable in a rear and front direction with respect to a lower rail fixed to a vehicle floor. A load sensor is fixed to an upper surface of the upper rail4, and a rectangular frame30is attached onto the load sensor. A rod of the load sensor sequentially penetrates a web of the rectangular frame, a plain washer and a spring holder upward, and a coil spring is wound around the rod. A bush is fitted to an edge of a hole of the plain washer, and a step difference is formed between an upper surface of the plain washer and the bush. A nut is screwed to the rod, and the nut tightens a bottom of a cup portion of the spring holder. In such a way, the coil spring is sandwiched between the spring holder and the web and is compressed, and an end portion of the coil spring engages with the step difference.
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Endo Shigeru
Ishima Shinya
Sato Kenji
Takayasu Wataru
Gibson Randy W
Oliff & Berridg,e PLC
TS Tech Co. Ltd.
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