1. A slide rail device for a vehicle comprising:
a lower rail which extends in a forwardrearward direction and is immovable relative to a floor of the vehicle;
an upper rail which supports a seat and is supported by said lower rail to be slidable in said forwardrearward direction;
a lower support portion provided on said upper rail, wherein said lower support portion extends inwardly from a side wall of said upper rail;
a lock mechanism, provided between said upper rail and said lower rail, which restricts or releases restriction of sliding of said upper rail;
a lock operational lever provided in an internal space of said upper rail, a portion of said lock operational lever which is rearward from said lower support portion being rotatably supported by said upper rail, and said lock operational lever being upwardlydownwardly rotatable between a locked position, at which the sliding restriction is allowed by the lock mechanism, and an unlocked position, at which a front portion of said lock operational lever moves further upward than said locked position to release said sliding restriction;
an upper supporting portion provided on said lock operational lever, said upper supporting portion positioned further forward than said lower support portion and further upward than said lower support portion;
a handle provided with a lower supported portion on an underside thereof which is rotatably supported by said lower support portion, and an upper supported portion on an upper side thereof which is positioned further forward than said lower supported portion and is rotatably supported by said upper supporting portion, said handle projecting forwardly from said lock operational lever;
said handle and said lock operational lever are arranged to relatively rotate upward with each other when said lock operational lever is moved to said unlocked postion and said lower supported portion rotates while being supported at said lower support portion; and
a biaser which rotatably biases said handle with respect to said lock operational lever in a direction so as to constantly maintain a supported state of said lower supported portion by said lower support portion and a supported state of said upper supported portion by said upper supporting portion.
2. The slide rail device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said lock mechanism comprises a lock biaser which biases said lock operational lever toward said locked position,
wherein L1, L2, L3 and L4 are set so that:
F1=F\xd7L1L2\xd7L3L4 <F2=F\xd7L1(L2+L4), wherein, when said lock operational lever is positioned at said locked position, Ll designates the distance in the forwardrearward direction from the action position between said lock operational lever and said lock biaser to the rotational center position of said lock operational lever; L2 designates the distance in the forwardrearward direction from said rotational center position to said upper supporting portion; L3 designates the distance in the forwardrearward direction from said upper supporting portion to said lower support portion; L4 designates the distance in the forwardrearward direction from said upper supporting portion to an operation portion of said handle; and F designates a force which said lock operational lever applies on said lock mechanism, when said sliding restriction by said lock mechanism is released by said lock operational lever.
3. The slide rail device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said lock operational lever is rotatably biased toward said locked position, and
wherein, when said lock operational lever is positioned at said locked position, said lower support portion and said upper supporting portion maintain a relative rotational position of said handle with respect to said lock operational lever at a predetermined position.
4. The slide rail device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said biaser further comprises a base-surface supporting portion which is in contact with said lower support portion and said lower supported portion.
5. The slide rail device of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said handle is configured to have an upward rotational angle greater than an upward rotational angle of said lock operational lever.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electric wire connector comprising:
an insulative lower connector (10) formed in a shape extending in a first direction, the lower connector (10) being open at a top thereof, the lower connector (10) being provided at a bottom thereof with a plurality of fixing protrusions (12) protruding upward, the lower connector (10) being provided at sides thereof with shaft support parts (11), the lower connector (10) being provided at front and rear ends thereof in a longitudinal direction thereof with support grooves (13) through which electric wires (40) are inserted, the electric wires (40) being supported by the support grooves (13);
an insulative upper connector (30) formed in a shape extending in the first direction, the upper connector (30) being open at a bottom thereof, the upper connector (30) being provided at sides thereof with fixing holes (32) into which the fixing protrusions (12) of the lower connector (10) are inserted and a fixing shaft (31) inserted through the shaft support parts (11) of the lower connector (10), the upper connector (30) being provided at front and rear ends thereof in a longitudinal direction thereof with support grooves (13) through which electric wires (40) are inserted, the electric wires (40) being supported by the support grooves (13), the upper connector (30) covering the lower connector (10); and
a conductive member (20) disposed in the lower connector (10), the conductive member (20) having a plurality of cutting blades for peeling off sheaths of the electric wires (40), the cutting blades being electrically connected to cores (41) of the electric wires (40), wherein
the conductive member (20) has a plurality of bent parts (21) formed by bending each end of the conductive member (20) upward and downward so as to have increased contact area with the core (41) of a corresponding one of the electric wires (40) so that the conductive member (20) can be properly used at high current and high voltage, a middle of each of the bent parts (21) is cut out to form a groove (26), by which cutting blades (22) opposite to each other are formed, and
each of the cutting blades (22) has a plurality of saw-toothed protrusions.
2. The electric wire connector according to claim 1, wherein the groove (26) is formed in a shape of Y in which the respective cutting blades (22) are opposite to each other so that a distance between the cutting blades (22) at upper ends thereof is large, the distance between the cutting blades (22) gradually decreases toward lower sides of the cutting blades (22), and the distance between the cutting blades (22) is uniform from middle parts to lower ends of the cutting blades (22).
3. The electric wire connector according to claim 1, wherein the conductive member (20) is further provided at a bottom thereof with a rectangular copper plate (25), the copper plate (25) being disposed at the lower connector (10) in a state in which the copper plate (25) is in tight contact with the conductive member (20), the copper plate (25) having the same width and length as the bottom of the conductive member (20).
4. The electric wire connector according to claim 1, wherein the upper connector (30), the conductive member (20), and the lower connector (10) are symmetric about the fixing shaft (31).
5. The electric wire connector according to claim 1, wherein the upper connector (30) is provided at a middle of the bottom thereof with a fixing piece (36) for pressing the conductive member (20) to fix the conductive member (20).
6. An electric wire connector comprising:
an insulative lower connector (50) formed in a shape of T in which opposite ends of the lower connector (50) are perpendicular to each other, the lower connector (50) being open at a top thereof, the lower connector (50) being provided at a bottom thereof with a plurality of fixing protrusions (52) protruding upward, the lower connector (50) being provided at sides thereof with shaft support parts (61), the lower connector (50) being provided at front and rear ends thereof in a longitudinal direction thereof with support grooves (53) through which electric wires (65) are inserted, the electric wires (65) being supported by the support grooves (53);
an insulative upper connector (60) formed in a shape of T in which opposite ends of the upper connector (60) are perpendicular to each other, the upper connector (60) being open at a bottom thereof, the upper connector (60) being provided at sides thereof with fixing holes (62) into which the fixing protrusions (52) of the lower connector (50) are inserted and a fixing shaft (69) inserted through the shaft support parts (61) of the lower connector (50), the upper connector (60) being provided at front and rear ends thereof in a longitudinal direction thereof with support grooves (63) through which electric wires (65) are inserted, the electric wires (65) being supported by the support grooves (63), the upper connector (60) covering the lower connector (50); and
a conductive member (55) disposed in the lower connector (50), the conductive member (55) having a plurality of cutting blades for peeling off sheaths of the electric wires (65), the cutting blades being electrically connected to cores (66) of the electric wires (65), wherein
the conductive member (55) has a plurality of bent parts (57, 58) formed by bending each end of the conductive member (55) upward and downward so as to have increased contact area with the core (66) of a corresponding one of the electric wires (65) so that the conductive member (55) can be properly used at high current and high voltage, a middle of each of the bent parts (57, 58) is cut out to form a groove (56), by which cutting blades (57a, 58a) opposite to each other are formed, and
each of the cutting blades (57a, 58a) has a plurality of saw-toothed protrusions.
7. The electric wire connector according to claim 6, wherein the groove (56) is formed in a shape of Y in which the respective cutting blades (57a, 58a) are opposite to each other so that a distance between the cutting blades (57a, 58a) at upper ends thereof is large, the distance between the cutting blades (57a, 58a) gradually decreases toward lower sides of the cutting blades (57a, 58a), and the distance between the cutting blades (57a, 58a) is uniform from middle parts to lower ends of the cutting blades (57a, 58a).
8. The electric wire connector according to claim 6, wherein the conductive member (55) is further provided at a bottom thereof with a T-shaped copper plate (59), the copper plate (59) being disposed at the lower connector (50) in a state in which the copper plate (59) is in tight contact with the conductive member (55), the copper plate (59) having the same width and length as the bottom of the conductive member (55).