| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 297366000 | Rack and pawl | 79 |
| 20080211285 | RECLINING DEVICE - The object of the invention is to provide a reclining device which improves engagement between a lock gear and a gear plate for reliable locking without requiring high dimensional accuracy. Four lock gears comprising a pair of first lock gears | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090015052 | Locking Device - A locking device, such as a pawl and sector latch for a vehicle seat, is provided. The locking device includes a first fitting part having a body portion and an insert form-fitted in a recess in an outer periphery of the body portion. The insert has an outer contour having a plurality of teeth. The locking device further includes a second fitting part configured to be moved into a releasable form-fitting engagement with the first fitting part. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090066137 | Reclining Device - A reclining device capable of eliminating mechanical play in a front-rear direction of a seat back is provided. Particularly, a reclining device reliably capable of locking and releasing is provided at an inexpensive cost. Movable guides are slidably disposed respectively between lock gears and a fixed guide. Each of the movable guides is formed in a shape that the width thereof gradually decreases from the outer end toward the inner end. In the sliding faces of the respective movable guides, a sliding face on the lock gear side is arranged to be parallel to a movement direction of the lock gear and the sliding face at the fixed guide side is inclined with respect to the sliding face at the side of the lock gear. Each of the movable-guides engages with a spring and the spring imparts a force to the movable guides in an inner direction of a base plate. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090174247 | DISC RECLINER ASSEMBLY INCORPORATED INTO A SEATBACK/SEAT BASE PIVOT ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT SEAT - A seat recliner assembly established at a hinge location between a seat bottom and a pivotally associated seat back including a base plate and an inwardly teethed and package supporting sector secured to the seat back and seat bottom, respectively and sandwiched together in selectively rotatable fashion relative to define a component receiving space therebetween. A shalt projects through an aperture of a rotatably slaved cam situated within the space. A pair of locking pawls with exteriorly toothed surfaces are displaceable to engage with inwardly teethed locations of the package supporting sector. A pair of anti-chuck pawls are selectively engagable both by the cam and with the locking pawls. The cam is biased in a first rotational locking condition to influence the anti-chuck pawls outwardly against the locking pawls. The cam is rotated in an opposite and counter-biasing direction, thereby directly contacting the locking pawls and pivoting the same such that their exteriorly toothed surfaces are inwardly disengaged from the teethed sector, permitting rotational between the base plate and package sector. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090236892 | Hinge Mechanism and Vehicle Seat Comprising Such a Mechanism - Hinge mechanism comprising first and second frames connected together by an adjustment device comprising a first set of gear teeth integral with the first frame and a first mobile toothed component engaging with the first set of gear teeth. The second frame comprises a second set of gear teeth, which interferes with the first frame when the torque applied between the first and second frames exceeds a predetermined threshold, in order to immobilize the frames rotatably in relation to each other. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090243362 | VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY CAPABLE OF PERFORMING EASY ENTRY WITH FULL MEMORY - A vehicle seat assembly capable of performing an easy entry function having a seat bottom, a seat back pivotal with respect to the seat bottom, and a recliner mechanism for controlling pivotal motion of the seat back and a recliner mechanism actuator subassembly having a base member, a memory ring having a notch and a memory ring engagement member having a protrusion configured to engage the notch. The memory ring engagement member inhibits rotation of the memory ring when the protrusion is engaged with the notch and permits rotation of the memory ring when the protrusion is disengaged from the notch. The memory ring engagement member retains the recliner mechanism in an unlocked state while the protrusion is disengaged from the notch. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090256409 | ROTATION LOCK DEVICE - A reclining device of a vehicle seat including a ratchet, a guide, three pawls and a rotating cam. Three spacing distances are defined due to such positioning of the three pawls, and one of the spacing distances is determined so as to be greater than the remaining two spacing distances. A non-toothed raised flat portion is formed in a portion of an inner circumferential surface of an inner toothed portion of the ratchet at a single site in a circumferential direction thereof. The raised flat portion is protruded radially inwardly beyond tips of inner teeth. The smaller remaining two spacing distances are determined so as to be smaller than a circumferential length of the raised flat portion. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090284063 | LATCHING FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A latching fitting for a vehicle seat for releasably locking two parts that are movable with respect to each other, particularly for adjusting and locking a backrest part with respect to a seat part of the vehicle seat, comprises a pawl connected to the first part, which pawl is pivotable about a pawl bearing and comprises a latching toothing | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100026071 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat reclining apparatus includes a base member; a pivot member having an internal tooth gear; a cylindrical holder covering the outer circumference surface of the pivot member; a lock tooth having an external tooth gear arranged to be engaged with the internal tooth gear; and a cam arranged to push the lock tooth to engage or disengage the external tooth gear with or from the internal tooth gear; the pivot member including a bearing inner circumference surface located on the circular recessed portion, on the base member's side of the internal tooth gear in the axial direction, the base member including a circular support outer circumference surface on which the bearing inner circumference surface is slid, and the bearing inner circumference surface and the support outer circumference surface being arranged to position the pivot member relative to the base member in the radial direction. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110084532 | Disc Recliner With Integral Travel Stops - A disc recliner mechanism includes travel stops to limit angular movement of a seat back through a defined range. At least one pawl on a guide plate of the disc recliner mechanism includes a guide boss with a pair of opposite stop surfaces that contact a respective travel stop formed on a tooth plate of the disc recliner mechanism to limit the range of rotational movement of the tooth plate. The guide boss includes a guide surface which engages a guideway on the tooth plate to provide a free movement range wherein the tooth plate can be rotated through the free movement range without requiring the operation of a release mechanism. The guideways on the tooth plate and the guide bosses on the pawls are designed such that the tooth plate and pawls can be formed with simple stamping operations. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110101755 | VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat is provided, in particular motor vehicle seat, including a seat part ( | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110204692 | RECLINER MECHANISM ACTUATOR - A recliner mechanism for use in a seat assembly of a vehicle, the recliner mechanism comprising a cam stop member coupled to the seat assembly; a cam bracket pivotably coupled to the seat assembly; a catch lever pivotably coupled to the seat assembly; a release crank member coupled to the catch lever; a cable member coupled to the cam bracket and to the cushion pivot bracket; and wherein rotation of the seat assembly via the cushion pivot bracket causes the cable to wind about the cam of the cushion pivot bracket such that the first end of the cable member pulls an actuates the cam bracket causing the cam bracket to rotate against the pin catch lever causing the catch lever to actuate the release crank member to release the recliner mechanism and thereby enable reconfiguration of the seat assembly from a first position to a second position. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110260517 | Multi-Section Angle Adjusting Structure for a Chair Back - A multi-section angle adjusting structure for a chair back contains a supporting member axially connected to a base and axially inserted to a sliding groove through a shaft to slide in the sliding groove so that the chair back fixed to the supporting member is adjusted to a desired angle relative to the base, characterized in that: the shaft includes a slidable bar fitted thereon to be connected to a slot of the base, another end of the slot pushes a toothed block biased against by a first spring which contacts with a stop plate so that the toothed block abuts against an end portion of the slidable bar, and the slot includes a positioning structure mounted therein, the positioning structure includes a toothed seat guided by a guiding line to engage with the toothed block. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110309665 | RECLINER PAWL MEMBER - A recliner mechanism comprising a base plate having a plurality of contoured extension members and a central aperture; a pivot member coupled to the central aperture of the base plate; a cam member pivotably coupled to the pivot member; a first and second disc member positioned within the base plate and supported by the contoured extension members; a tooth plate having central aperture for coupling to the pivot member and an annular ring including a plurality of teeth; a first and second pawl member positioned within the base plate and supported by the contoured extension members, the first and second pawl members having a plurality of teeth for engagement with the teeth of the tooth plate and contoured sides for engagement with the base plate, cam member, first and second disc member, and the contoured extension members. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120098314 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - In a seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle, the inner circumference surfaces of the three restriction guide portions and the three protruding portions which are in the set relations being positioned, respectively, in different positions in the radial direction so that, when the three protruding portions are pivoted to positions to confront other restriction guide portions that are positioned adjacent to the restriction guide portions which are in the set relations, the protruding portions are not abutted on the inner circumference surfaces of the other restriction guide portions, and one of the restriction guide portions having an inner circumference surface located on a radially innermost side, having an escape space which is formed between the one of the restriction guide portions and the corresponding lock tooth in the axial direction, and which is arranged to avoid an interference with one of the protruding portions located on a radially outermost side. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120119555 | ANGLE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE SEAT - An angle adjustment apparatus for a vehicle seat angle-adjustably connecting a first seat member and a second seat member of the vehicle seat has a first member attached to the first seat member, a second member attached to the second seat member and rotatably mounted to the first member, a lock member axially movably provided between the first member and the second member, and a movement mechanism that axially moves the lock member relative to the first member. The second member is provided with a rotation regulation portion that allows the lock member to axially move and regulates the lock member from circumferentially moving. The first member has a plurality of internal teeth formed in an annular-shaped internal peripheral surface. The lock member has an external peripheral surface facing substantially externally in a radial direction and facing the internal peripheral surface of the first member, and a plurality of external teeth formed in the external peripheral surface to be axially moved relative to and engaged with the internal teeth of the first member. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120139319 | SEAT RECLINING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A holder in a seat reclining device for vehicle has a body portion which comprises a cover wall slidably covering an end surface at an outer circumferential portion of an upper arm on an opposite side to a lower arm and a circumferential wall formed continuously with the cover wall and covering an outer circumferential surface of the lower arm, and fixed portions provided at an end of the circumferential wall and fixed by caulking on an end surface at an outer circumferential portion of the lower arm on an opposite side to the upper arm. The holder is formed with a plurality of load receiving portions cut and bent from the body portion to contact an end surface at the outer circumferential portion of the lower arm on the upper arm side for supporting a caulking load at the time of a fixing by caulking. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130234489 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - With a fitting for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having a first fitting part and a second fitting part, which are rotatable relative to one another and are in geared connection with each other, an enclosing ring, which axially holds together the first fitting part and the second fitting part, forming a disc-shaped unit, and which is fixed to the first fitting part and engages over the second fitting part radially outside, and a third fitting part which is pivotably mounted relative to the first fitting part and which can be locked by means of a toothed pawl with a latching element which is provided on the first fitting part, the toothed latching element is formed on the first fitting part. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140001807 | RECLINER MECHANISM | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140159458 | SEAT ANGLE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND SEAT HAVING THE SAME - A seat angle adjustment device includes a ratchet wheel, a stop plate, a locking slipper and a pawl, wherein a first stop position limiting part and a second stop position limiting part are arranged on the stop plate, when the first stop position limiting part is subjected to a rotating torque in a rotational direction, the locking slipper in a locking position circumferentially abuts against the first stop position limiting part; when the rotating torque is higher than a first preset torque value, the pawl in an extended state is driven by the ratchet wheel to rotate until the tooth part on one side of the pawl is completely engaged with the ratchet wheel; and when the rotating torque is higher than a second preset torque value, the second stop position limiting part abuts against the pawl. A seat having the seat angle adjustment device is also provided. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140284984 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle: a locking mechanism that is interposed between a seat cushion and a seatback and selectively switches inclining of the seatback between a permitted state and a regulated state with respect to the seat cushion; a first operation member that performs a first unlocking operation which allows the seatback to incline with respect to the seat cushion within a angle range with respect to the locking mechanism; a second operation member that performs a second unlocking operation which allows the seatback to incline with respect to the seat cushion to a forward tilt position exceeding the angle range with respect to the locking mechanism; and a stopper mechanism that regulates a rearward tilt of the seatback at a regulation angle position included within the angle range in a state of the second unlocking operation. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140368016 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting for a vehicle seat has a first fitting part and a second fitting part that relatively rotate about an axis. A toothed rim ( | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150015044 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT AND VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat fitting includes a relatively rotatable first fitting part, with toothed ring, and second fitting parts, with guide segments. Catches are guided between locked and unlocked states by the guide segments and interact with the toothed ring to lock the fitting. A spring-loaded rotatable eccentric acts such that the catches interact with the toothed ring. A rotatably supported driver rotates the eccentric. An indicator is connected to the driver or to a fastening ring fastened to the driver. An adapter is connected to an operating lever and is supported on the driver or on the fastening ring. A sensor, fastened to the adapter, is connected to the fitting, detects a position change of the indicator and provides an electrical output signal. The adapter is returned to an initial position by a restoring spring regardless of the locking state of the fitting if the operating lever is not actuated. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150069809 | Quick Adjust Continuously Engaged Recliner - A disc recliner includes a gear plate disposed between fixed and movable plates. The gear and fixed plates are operatively coupled by a pawl that is selectively engaged with the gear plate. An eccentric element is operatively coupled between the gear and movable plates such that inward-facing teeth on the movable plate are meshingly engaged with outward-facing teeth on the gear plate. When the pawl is disengaged from the gear plate, the movable plate rotates with the gear plate relative to the fixed plate to pivot a seat back to a folded position. When the pawl is engaged with the gear plate, rotation of the eccentric element shifts the engagement point between the inward and outward-facing teeth and causes wobbling rotational movement of the movable plate relative to the gear and fixed plates to pivot the seat back between a plurality of reclined seating positions. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150130245 | VEHICLE SEAT - The present invention relate to a vehicle seat ( | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150321584 | INCLINATION ADJUSTING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an inclination adjusting apparatus for adjusting a backrest ( | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160001679 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT - A motor vehicle seat fitting ( | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160001680 | DETENT FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT - A detent fitting for a motor vehicle seat includes a first fitting part ( | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160009201 | RECLINER OF VEHICLE SEAT | 01-14-2016 |
| 297367000 | Actuator disengages pawl | 48 |
| 20080197687 | RECLINER REGULATING DEVICE - The present invention discloses a recliner regulating device comprising a cam, a return spring, a housing plate, a ratchet gear connected with a central shaft. The external hook of the return spring is fixed in a hole of the housing plate. Sliders are fitted in sliding grooves of the housing plate with the bosses of the sliders being attached with the sliding grooves of the cam. Wedges are fitted in the sliding grooves of the housing plate with the bosses of the wedges being attached with the sliding grooves of the housing plate. The sliding grooves for sliders are perpendicular to the sliding grooves for wedges. A two-point locking-up is formed between the self-locking surfaces of the sliders and the self-locking surfaces of the wedges after the position of the cam is fixed through the central shaft under the action of the return spring. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080203798 | Recliner Mechanism - A recliner mechanism for a vehicle seat is provided. The recliner mechanism includes a first mounting part and a second mounting part forming a housing with an interior and being arranged on a common shaft. The recliner mechanism further includes a latching device arranged in the interior of the housing. The latching device has a latching pawl and a holding and adjusting member. The latching pawl is able to be adjusted to a locked position relative to the first mounting part. The holding and adjusting member is able to be reversibly adjusted from a first position effecting the locked position and a second position effecting an unlocked position by rotating the shaft. The holding and adjusting member rotates about a swivel pin that is provided substantially parallel to the shaft and is spaced apart therefrom. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080203799 | Seat Reclining apparatus for vehicle - A seat reclining apparatus includes: a disk-shaped base-side case; a disk-shaped arm-side case; a center shaft rotatably disposed in center part of the base-side case and center part of the arm-side case; a cam member fitted on the center shaft to rotate integrally with the center shaft; a lock tooth unit which cooperates with the cam member and engaged with a inner circumferential tooth portion formed on an inner periphery portion of the arm-side case; a lock spring; a protrusion protruding from an outer surface of the base-side case; and a recess at a position corresponding to the protrusion on an inner surface of the base-side case, wherein the lock spring is arranged in a space formed by the recess and a component accommodation space formed between the base-side case and arm-side case. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090066138 | Motor Vehicle Seat Tilt Adjustment Mechanism - The mechanism comprises first and second slugs, each comprising a first contact shoe engaging with a first locking bearing surface, and a second contact shoe engaging with a second, parallel locking bearing surface. The first contact shoes of the first and second slugs extend circumferentially about the tilt axis and each has first and second complementary radial guide surfaces parallel to the tilt axis to guide the movement of the first slug between its locking and release positions. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090085391 | Fitting for a vehicle seat - A fitting has a first fitting part, a second fitting part which is rotatable about an axis relative to the first fitting part, a drivable eccentric mounted rotatably about the axis, locking elements moved radially outward by the eccentric to interact with the second fitting part to lock the fitting, a disc cam which pulls the locking elements radially inwards to unlock the fitting, and a free-pivoting control element which, in a certain free-pivoting angular range corresponding to a relative angular range of the fitting parts, prevents the fitting from locking. The free-pivoting control element has at least one first stop track, and at least one second stop track which is offset axially and/or radially with respect to the first stop track. The locking elements comprise first locking elements which interact with the first stop track, and second locking elements which interact with the second stop track. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090108656 | ADJUSTABLE HINGE MOUNTINGS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - An adjustable hinge mountings has a first hinge arm, a second hinge arm, a toothed quadrant centered on a hinge axis and connected to the first hinge arm, a detent part which has a toothed surface feature cooperating with the toothed quadrant and a control part associated with the detent part. The hinge arms can be pivoted between an active angular range in which the detent part is allowed to engage the toothed quadrant and a passive angular range in which the detent part is not located opposite the toothed quadrant so that the detent part is not allowed to engage the toothed quadrant. In the passive angular range, the detent part is retained by the control part in a passive position in which it is not in the range of movement of the toothed quadrant. In the active angular range, the detent part adopts an active position in which the detent part can be brought into engagement with the toothed quadrant. When passing from the passive angular range to the active angular range, the toothed quadrant actuates the control part either directly or indirectly. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090108657 | Adjustable Hinge Mountings for a Motor Vehicle Seat - An adjustable hinge mountings has a first hinge arm, a second hinge arm, a toothed quadrant centered on a hinge axis and connected to the first hinge arm, a detent part which has a toothed surface feature cooperating with the toothed quadrant and a control part associated with the detent part. The hinge arms can be pivoted between an active angular range in which the detent part is allowed to engage the toothed quadrant and a passive angular range in which the detent part is not located opposite the toothed quadrant so that the detent part is not allowed to engage the toothed quadrant. In the passive angular range, the detent part is retained by the control part in a passive position, while in the active angular range, the detent part adopts an active position in which the detent part can be brought into engagement with the toothed quadrant. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090243363 | SEAT RECLINING MECHANISM - A seat reclining mechanism comprises a guide bracket, an internal gear member coupled to the guide bracket in a rotatable manner about a rotation axis thereof with respect to the guide bracket, a plurality of lock gear members disposed between the guide bracket and the internal gear member, and a rotatable cam rotatably supported by either one of the guide bracket and the internal gear member. The rotatable cam has a cam body, and a plurality of engagement pawls disposed on a circumference of a circle having a center on the rotation axis and each formed to protrude from the cam body in a lock-causing rotation direction or an unlock-causing rotation direction, and each of the plurality of lock gear members has an engagement groove engageable with a corresponding one of the plurality of engagement pawls. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090250989 | CONNECTING APPARATUSES FOR VEHICULAR SEATS - One aspect of the present invention can include a connecting apparatus having first and second connecting members, a lock member and an operating member. The first and second connecting members are integrated in a direction of matching disks thereof to be able to rotate relative to each other. The first connecting member integrally is connected to one of two object members of a vehicular seat. The second connecting member integrally is connected to the other one of the two object members. The lock member is arranged between the connecting members and is integrated to the first connecting member to be movably supported in a circumferential direction. The lock member is able to lock the relative rotation between the connecting members by bringing an outer peripheral teeth face in mesh with an inner peripheral teeth face formed at the second connecting member. The operating member moves the lock member between a mesh state and a release state. In the mesh state, the outer peripheral teeth face of the lock member is in mesh with the inner peripheral teeth face of the second connecting member. In the release state, the outer peripheral teeth face is released from the inner peripheral teeth face. The second connecting member is formed with a support portion receiving in a circular ring portion formed at the first connecting member in the axial direction at a position on an outer side in the radius direction of the inner peripheral teeth face to be brought into a state of surrounding the circular ring portion from an outer peripheral side to be brought into a state of supporting each other to be able to rotate relative to each other. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090250990 | CONNECTION DEVICES IN VEHICLE SEATS - A connecting device may include first and second connecting elements that are axially oppositely coupled to each other so as to be rotatable relative to each other, a locking member that is positioned between the first and second connecting elements, an operating member that is positioned between the first and second connecting elements, and a retainer member that is arranged and constructed to circumferentially clamp the first and second connecting elements. The retainer member has a retainer portion and is fixed to the first connecting element while the second connecting element is axially supported by the retainer portion of the retainer member. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090302658 | Fitting - A fitting ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090309404 | ADJUSTMENT FITTING FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR SECURING THE LOCKING EFFECT OF AN ADJUSTMENT FITTING - Disclosed is an adjustment fitting for a motor vehicle component, especially a vehicle seat. Said adjustment fitting comprises a first part and a second part which is rotatable relative to the first part about a rotational shaft by means of a gear unit. The gear unit encompasses a first gear on the first part of the fitting and a second gear on the second part of the fitting, the second gear being disposed eccentric to the first gear. Two wedge segments are provided for securing the eccentric arrangement of the first gear relative to the second gear. The inventive adjustment fitting is characterized in that the wedge segments have an inner radius and an outer radius while the adjustment fitting further comprises a decelerating element which is fitted with an extension that starts at the rotational shaft, runs in an axial direction, and corresponds approximately to the outer radius of the wedge segments. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100033004 | Articulation Mechanism with Pivoting Locking Elements for a Vehicle Seat and a Seat Comprising Such a Mechanism - Articulation mechanism for a motor vehicle seat comprising:
| 02-11-2010 |
| 20100109408 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS - A seat reclining apparatus includes: a fixing member; a pivot member having an internal tooth located on an inner circumference surface of the circular recessed portion; a lock tooth having an external tooth arranged to be engaged with the internal tooth of the pivot member, the lock tooth being arranged to be moved along an orbit between an engagement position and a disengagement position; a cam; an urging member; the lock tooth including a pair of guide protrusions which are disposed on both sides of the lock tooth, and which protrude axially toward the fixing member, and the fixing member including a pair of guide grooves formed on an inside surface of the fixing member, and arranged to receive, respectively, the guide protrusions of the lock tooth to guide the lock tooth along the orbit between the engagement position and the disengagement position. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100141006 | SEAT RECLINER ASSEMBLY - The problem to be solved is to provide a compact and robust seat recliner assembly and the problem is solved by providing a seat recliner assembly with a guide plate, a pivotable plate, four pawls, a shaft, a cam, a retractor plate and a pre-tensioned spring wherein the pawls engage with the pivotable plate to lock the seat back from moving and the four pawls share the load on the assembly. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100194165 | VEHICLE SEAT RECLINING DEVICE - A seat reclining device has a torsion spring for a cam, and a plurality of guide-protrusion pairs formed integral with the inside face of a stationary member for guiding movement of tooth blocks into and out of meshed-engagement with an internal tooth of a movable member. Two opposing circular-arc concave portions are formed on opposing faces of two circumferentially adjacent guide-protrusion sets. A space between the concave portions is dimensioned to be wider on a radially outward side for defining a spring accommodation space, and dimensioned to be narrower on a radially inward side for forming circumferentially-opposing convex portions. Two spring hooks engage with the respective convex portions under preload. One of the hooks is also engaged with the cam for forcing it in its locked direction. An anti-rotation protrusion is formed on the outside face of the stationary member at a position conforming to the spring accommodation space. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100308635 | FULL MEMORY I-DISK - A disc recliner for pivoting a seat back relative to a seat cushion includes a fixed plate mounted to the seat cushion and a movable plate mounted to the seat back. The disc recliner includes a locking mechanism operable between a locked condition coupling the fixed and movable plates and an unlocked condition uncoupling the fixed and movable plates to allow rotation of the movable plate relative to the fixed plate. The disc recliner includes a memory plate that is disengaged with the movable plate to allow pivotal adjustment of the seat back between a plurality of seating positions by actuating the locking mechanism to the unlocked condition. The memory plate engages the movable plate to identify a previously selected seating position and to maintain the locking mechanism in the unlocked condition thereby allowing pivotal movement of the seat back between the previously selected seating position and a folded position. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110001346 | SEAT RECLINING DEVICE - In a seat reclining device, a spiral spring includes an inner end portion engaged with the cam, an outer end portion engaged with the lower arm, and a wound portion formed by winding and provided between the inner end portion and the outer end portion. The outer end portion of the spiral spring includes a straight line portion extending consecutively from the wound portion and an accommodating portion includes a guide recessed portion accommodating the straight line portion therein and being in contact with the inner peripheral side surface of the straight line portion and being in contact with the outer peripheral side surface of the straight line portion at a further outer end than the contact point with the inner peripheral side surface. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110012414 | SEAT RECLINING DEVICE - In a seat reclining device, which eliminates a gap between a plurality of pawls and a guide wall, a wedge member is provided between at least one of the plurality of pawls and the guide wall, and a cam includes a wedge pressing cam portion for relatively rotating an upper arm relative to a lower arm by pressing the wedge member outwardly in a radial direction. The wedge member is for example made by a spherical or wedge shaped plate like member. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110025114 | ROUND RECLINER MECHANISM - A recliner mechanism may include a guide plate and a ratchet plate selectively rotatable relative to the guide plate. At least two pawls may be disposed between the guide plate and the ratchet plate and may be movable between a first position removed from engagement with the ratchet plate to permit relative rotation between the guide plate and the ratchet plate and a second position in contact with the ratchet plate to prevent relative rotation between the guide plate and the ratchet plate. A cam may be disposed between the guide plate and the ratchet plate and may move the at least two pawls between the first position and the second position. A control ring may be fixed to the ratchet plate and may be in selective engagement with the at least two pawls to prevent the pawls from moving from the first position to the second position. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110057493 | Tapered Retainer Clip for Reclining Mechanism for Vehicle Seats - A recliner mechanism for a vehicle seat includes a guide plate and a gear plate. The gear plate has a plurality of internal gear teeth and a frustonical inner diameter. A hub is attached to a shaft that connects two recliners on opposite sides of the seat. The guide plate, the gear plate and a cam are retained on the hub by a retainer clip that has a frustoconical bearing surface. Two locking elements cooperate with the guide plate, and have a plurality of external gear teeth that selectively engage the internal gear teeth. When the cam rotates, the cam engages the cam surfaces with one of the engagement surfaces unlocking the external gear teeth from the internal gear teeth. Springs cooperate with the guide plate and the cam for locking the mechanism. The inner diameter of the gear plate is received on the frustoconical bearing surface of the retainer clip. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057494 | Mechanism for adjusting the tilt of an automotive vehicle seat, automotive vehicle seat, and manufacturing Method - The mechanism for adjusting the tilt of an automobile vehicle seat comprising a first flange entirely obtained from a shaped metallic element, a second flange comprising a central part and a peripheral part is disclosed. The internal face of the first flange is opposite the external face of the second flange to guide a rotational movement of the flanges. The retaining face of the first flange is opposite the rear face of the second flange, to retain the second flange in the first flange along the pivot axis. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110115271 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS - A seat reclining apparatus includes a lower arm, an upper arm, plural pawls being movable in a radial direction along guide walls of the lower arm therewithin and including external teeth being engageable with and disengageable from internal teeth of the upper arm, a cam contacting and pressing the pawls in a direction of meshing the external teeth with the internal teeth when the cam is rotated in a locking direction, a biasing member, whose first and second end portions are engaged with an accommodating portion and the cam, respectively, biasing the cam in the locking direction, a restricting protrusion portion formed on a surface of the cam facing the lower arm and slidably contacting an inner surface of the accommodating portion in order to avoid an eccentricity of the cam, and an engagement protruding portion provided on the surface at a position radially inwardly of the restricting protrusion portion. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110169314 | Articulation System and Vehicle Seat Having Such an Articulation System - Articulation system having two articulations, each comprising two strength members that are able to pivot with respect to one another and are each controlled by a control member. The control members of the two articulations are able to move independently of one another between locking and unlocking positions and are elastically urged towards the locking position. A maneuvering member engages by pressing only in an actuating direction with first and second driving members connected to the respective control members of the first and second articulations and suitable for driving each corresponding control member from the locking position into the unlocking position. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110181088 | ROTARY RECLINER MECHANISM - A recliner mechanism ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110254338 | MULTI-PAWL ROUND-RECLINER MECHANISM - A recliner mechanism may include a first plate, a second plate, and a locking mechanism associated with the first plate and the second plate. The locking mechanism may be movable between an unlocked state permitting relative movement between the first plate and the second plate and a locked state restricting relative movement between the first plate and the second plate. The locking mechanism may include at least five pawls that are movable between a first position and a second position to move the locking mechanism between the unlocked state and the locked state. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120126603 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - With a fitting for a vehicle seat. comprising a first fitting part, a second fitting part which is rotatable relative to the first fitting part about an axis, an eccentric that can be acted on which is rotatably supported about the axis, and several latches which are guided by the first fitting part by means of guides which are guided in the radial direction with relative to the axis, on which the eccentric acts to move them radially outward, and which, for locking the fitting interact radially outward with the second fitting part, wherein the first fitting part defines a rotational bearing seat having a center, the second fitting part defines a rotational bearing seat having a center, and the guides each define one center line, an offset is provided between the centers of the rotational bearing seats and/or the intersection points of the center lines. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120169105 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - With a fitting for a vehicle seat having a first fitting part and a second fitting part which are rotatable relative to each other about an axis, and which are axially held together by an enclosing ring, a spring arrangement, a rotatably mounted eccentric, upon which a spring arrangement acts, and at least two latches, on which the eccentric acts, and which are guided by the second fitting part in the radial direction with respect to the axis and movable radially outwards, in order to interact with a toothed ring of the first fitting part, in order to lock the fitting, a spring arrangement is configured as one single spiral spring, which, with its first spring end is clamped to and completely supported by a fixture of the one of the two fitting parts and, with its second spring end, at least indirectly acts upon the eccentric. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120228915 | VEHICLE SEAT AND RECLINER FITTING FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat is provided, in particular motor vehicle seat, including a seat part ( | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130113261 | RECLINING APPARATUS - A reclining apparatus achieves enhanced ease of coming off of a pole from a ratchet plate and hence a better operational feeling. Of a plurality of external teeth of a pole, at least one external tooth from an end is formed in such a manner that a tooth thickness is lessened more toward a tooth tip in comparison with a tooth thickness of other external teeth. The external tooth having a lessened tooth thickness is cut in one of two tooth planes located on a side of the end. The cut tooth plane has an inclined surface parallel to a flat surface containing all tangential lines to a pitch circle of one of two tooth planes of an external tooth having a large tooth thickness and situated adjacent to the external tooth having a lessened tooth thickness located on a side of the external tooth having a lessened tooth thickness. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130154331 | RECLINING APPARATUS - [Problem] To provide a reclining apparatus in which assembly of a rotation cam to be arranged on the side of a center axis with respect to a pole and configured to move to a locked position in which outer teeth of the pole engages inner teeth of a ratchet (first member) is easily achieved. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130161994 | RECLINING APPARATUS - [Object] The invention relates to a reclining apparatus in which a force to cause an operating shaft to incline with respect to an axis of the relative rotation thereof, and is intended to provide a reclining apparatus having a good operability. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130161995 | SEAT RECLINING DEVICE AND SEAT DEVICE - A memory mechanism is provided with engagement portions, a housing recess, a memory plate, and engagement receiving portions. The engagement portions are provided to an adjacent pair of pawls, respectively. The housing recess has a cylindrical shape and is provided to a first member. The memory plate is formed in an annular shape which is cut at one point. The memory plate is housed within the housing recess while being reduced in diameter with the cut portion disposed between the engagement portions. The engagement receiving portions are respectively adjacent between the engagement portions of the memory plate, to the engagement portions. The engagement portions are engaged with and disengaged from the engagement receiving portions as the pawls move in the radial direction. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130187426 | VEHICLE SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS - Provided is a vehicle seat reclining apparatus comprising: a first bracket, a second bracket, a pole, a cam, a locking urging member, a hinge pin, a fitting hole, a release lever, and a supporting urging member. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130270883 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting for a vehicle seat has a first fitting part and a second fitting part. The fitting parts can be rotated relative to one another about an axis. A toothed ring is formed on one of the fitting parts, and guide segments for guiding bolts are formed on the other of the fitting parts. A rotatably mounted eccentric acts on the radially displaceable bolt which then interacts with the toothed ring in order to lock the fitting. A spring arrangement acts on the eccentric and is arranged in a central receptacle in the second fitting part. The second fitting part has a guide part having the guides and a cover for covering the spring arrangement, wherein the guide part and the cover are formed separately and are connected to one another. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130285429 | LOCK DEVICE OF VEHICLE SEAT - A seat lock device comprises a base plate having a striker receiving recess for receiving a striker, a latch plate having a striker receiving recess and rotatably connected to the base plate and rotatable between latch and unlatch positions with respect to the striker, a lock plate rotatably connected to the base plate and rotatable between lock and unlock positions with respect to the latch plate and a cover member having a U-shaped flange formed thereon and covering one major surface of the base plate having the U-shaped flange neatly disposed on a peripheral edge of the striker receiving recess. The seat lock device further comprises pawls provided by the base plate and depressed toward the cover member, recesses provided by the cover member for receiving the pawls respectively and stoppers provided by respective walls of the recesses for preventing the pawls from being disengaged from the recesses. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285430 | LOCK DEVICE OF VEHICLE SEAT - A latch plate for a lock device is proposed which comprises a latch plate proper and a film that covers the latch plate proper. The latch plate proper includes upper and lower finger portions between which a striker catching recess is defined. An upper surface of the lower finger portion includes a depressed main portion located near the bottom of the striker catching recess, a raised leading end portion and a stepped portion provided between the depressed main portion and the raised leading end portion. The film covers the latch plate proper except the raised leading end portion. The film covers the depressed main portion of the upper surface in such a manner that an outer surface of the film is flush with the stepped portion. When the film is depressed by the striker, the stepped portion enhances a function is to stop a movement of the striker toward a mouth of the striker catching recess. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130300175 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting for a vehicle seat includes a first fitting part and a second fitting part, which can be rotated relative to each other, bolts which, in the locked state, interact with a toothed ring on the first fitting part to lock the fitting, and a rotatably mounted eccentric, which acts on the bolts when changing from the unlocked state to the locked state by rotation in a closing direction. When in the locked state without any external torque, a first eccentric cam and a first locking cam are in contact with each other at a first contact point and there is a gap between the second eccentric cam and a second locking cam. Starting at a specific external torque, the second eccentric cam and the second locking cam are in contact with each other at a second contact point. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140001808 | RECLINING DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140077561 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS - A seat reclining apparatus includes a base plate, a ratchet plate, a lock member supported on a surface of the base plate which faces the ratchet plate so that the lock member is movable between engaged and disengaged positions, a rotational cam positioned between the base plate and the ratchet plate and rotates relative thereto by an operation of an operating member, and a welding protrusion which protrudes from the outer side of the base plate and is engaged with a holding portion. The welding protrusion includes a welding portion which is positioned closer to an outer peripheral side of the base plate than the outer toothed portion of the lock member in the engaged position, and a weld is applied so as to extend over the welding portion and an outer edge of the holding portion. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140132053 | FITTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting system for a vehicle seat having a fitting ( | 05-15-2014 |
| 20150035337 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle includes a first bracket, a plurality of pawls, a second bracket being relatively rotatably placed to face the first bracket, a cam mechanism having outer teeth of each of the pawls engage with and disengage from inner teeth of the first bracket by moving each of the pawls in the radial direction by rotating a cam member, the first bracket including a first circumferential wall portion and a second circumferential wall portion which are formed to include different levels from each other by a deformation processing, and a step portion serving as a fit-in portion and being fitted-in a fit-in recessed portion being provided at a fixed object of a seat, and the step portion including a welding portion at a circumferential edge of the step portion to be welded to the fixed object. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150084392 | RECLINING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE SEAT - Disclosed herein is a reclining apparatus for a vehicle seat that is capable of improving coupling strength and entire durability and removing operation noise by removing a clearance between components at the time of a reclining operation and is capable of decreasing a cost and a weight by decreasing an entire size. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150123444 | FITTING FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting for a vehicle seat includes a first fitting part, a second fitting part which is rotatable relative to said first fitting part, a peripheral clamping ring which has a substantially L-shaped cross section, and which is connected to the first fitting part and extends over the second fitting part, and an intermediate ring which has a substantially L-shaped cross section, and which is arranged between the peripheral clamping ring and the second fitting part. A ledge is formed on the second fitting part, which ledge has an end surface and a cylindrical supporting surface. The supporting surface has a diameter which is smaller than the maximum outer diameter of the second fitting part, and the cylindrical supporting surface directly or indirectly supports the peripheral clamping ring. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150306987 | VEHICLE SEAT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A vehicle seat includes paired right and left recliners; operating pins respectively inserted through the recliners in an axial direction, and rotated about axes thereof to respectively unlock the recliners; and a rod that integrally connects the operating pins. One operating pin includes an operating shaft portion inserted through, and connected to one recliner, and a connection portion that contacts the rod and is connected to the rod. An insertion depth of the operating shaft portion with respect to the one recliner can be changed by moving the operating shaft portion between a first position in which the connection portion contacts the rod to be connectable to the rod, and a second position in which the connection portion is away from the rod in the axial direction. The operating shaft portion is connected to the one recliner so as to operate the one recliner, in the first position. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150321585 | Recliner Mechanism - A recliner mechanism having a gear plate that may be disposed between a first plate and a second plate. A first set of pawls may be configured to engage the first set of teeth on the gear plate to inhibit rotation of the gear plate with respect to the first plate. A second set of pawls may be configured to engage the second set of teeth on the gear plate to inhibit rotation of the second plate with respect to the gear plate. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150360589 | Latch Mechanism With Locking Feature - A latch mechanism is provided and may include a first plate, a second plate, a cam rotatably supported between the first plate and the second plate, and a plurality of pawls rotatably supported between the first plate and the second plate. The plurality of pawls are movable from an unlocked state to a locked state by the cam. The plurality of pawls each include a plurality of discrete locking members extending toward and received by respective notches formed in one of the first plate and the second plate. | 12-17-2015 |
| 297368000 | Actuator rigid with pawl | 1 |
| 297369000 | Spring-pressed | 1 |
| 20090140565 | Heavy Duty Reclining Mechanism for Vehicle Seats - A manual vehicle seat reclining mechanism and seat assembly incorporating the reclining mechanism is disclosed. A guide plate and a pivotal plate are assembled together and disposed between the seat base and seat back. A cam is biased by a spring to hold locking elements in engagement with the pivotal plate. A control plate is manually rotated with the cam to release the locking elements by drawing pins on one side of the locking plates radially inwardly with slots provided in the control plate. Ribs are provided on the pivotal plate that prevent the locking elements from returning to the locked position in certain radial alignments of the pivotal plate relative to the guide plate. | 06-04-2009 |
| 297367000 | Having plurality of engaging pawls | 40 |
| 20080197687 | RECLINER REGULATING DEVICE - The present invention discloses a recliner regulating device comprising a cam, a return spring, a housing plate, a ratchet gear connected with a central shaft. The external hook of the return spring is fixed in a hole of the housing plate. Sliders are fitted in sliding grooves of the housing plate with the bosses of the sliders being attached with the sliding grooves of the cam. Wedges are fitted in the sliding grooves of the housing plate with the bosses of the wedges being attached with the sliding grooves of the housing plate. The sliding grooves for sliders are perpendicular to the sliding grooves for wedges. A two-point locking-up is formed between the self-locking surfaces of the sliders and the self-locking surfaces of the wedges after the position of the cam is fixed through the central shaft under the action of the return spring. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080203798 | Recliner Mechanism - A recliner mechanism for a vehicle seat is provided. The recliner mechanism includes a first mounting part and a second mounting part forming a housing with an interior and being arranged on a common shaft. The recliner mechanism further includes a latching device arranged in the interior of the housing. The latching device has a latching pawl and a holding and adjusting member. The latching pawl is able to be adjusted to a locked position relative to the first mounting part. The holding and adjusting member is able to be reversibly adjusted from a first position effecting the locked position and a second position effecting an unlocked position by rotating the shaft. The holding and adjusting member rotates about a swivel pin that is provided substantially parallel to the shaft and is spaced apart therefrom. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080203799 | Seat Reclining apparatus for vehicle - A seat reclining apparatus includes: a disk-shaped base-side case; a disk-shaped arm-side case; a center shaft rotatably disposed in center part of the base-side case and center part of the arm-side case; a cam member fitted on the center shaft to rotate integrally with the center shaft; a lock tooth unit which cooperates with the cam member and engaged with a inner circumferential tooth portion formed on an inner periphery portion of the arm-side case; a lock spring; a protrusion protruding from an outer surface of the base-side case; and a recess at a position corresponding to the protrusion on an inner surface of the base-side case, wherein the lock spring is arranged in a space formed by the recess and a component accommodation space formed between the base-side case and arm-side case. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090066138 | Motor Vehicle Seat Tilt Adjustment Mechanism - The mechanism comprises first and second slugs, each comprising a first contact shoe engaging with a first locking bearing surface, and a second contact shoe engaging with a second, parallel locking bearing surface. The first contact shoes of the first and second slugs extend circumferentially about the tilt axis and each has first and second complementary radial guide surfaces parallel to the tilt axis to guide the movement of the first slug between its locking and release positions. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090085391 | Fitting for a vehicle seat - A fitting has a first fitting part, a second fitting part which is rotatable about an axis relative to the first fitting part, a drivable eccentric mounted rotatably about the axis, locking elements moved radially outward by the eccentric to interact with the second fitting part to lock the fitting, a disc cam which pulls the locking elements radially inwards to unlock the fitting, and a free-pivoting control element which, in a certain free-pivoting angular range corresponding to a relative angular range of the fitting parts, prevents the fitting from locking. The free-pivoting control element has at least one first stop track, and at least one second stop track which is offset axially and/or radially with respect to the first stop track. The locking elements comprise first locking elements which interact with the first stop track, and second locking elements which interact with the second stop track. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090108656 | ADJUSTABLE HINGE MOUNTINGS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT - An adjustable hinge mountings has a first hinge arm, a second hinge arm, a toothed quadrant centered on a hinge axis and connected to the first hinge arm, a detent part which has a toothed surface feature cooperating with the toothed quadrant and a control part associated with the detent part. The hinge arms can be pivoted between an active angular range in which the detent part is allowed to engage the toothed quadrant and a passive angular range in which the detent part is not located opposite the toothed quadrant so that the detent part is not allowed to engage the toothed quadrant. In the passive angular range, the detent part is retained by the control part in a passive position in which it is not in the range of movement of the toothed quadrant. In the active angular range, the detent part adopts an active position in which the detent part can be brought into engagement with the toothed quadrant. When passing from the passive angular range to the active angular range, the toothed quadrant actuates the control part either directly or indirectly. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090108657 | Adjustable Hinge Mountings for a Motor Vehicle Seat - An adjustable hinge mountings has a first hinge arm, a second hinge arm, a toothed quadrant centered on a hinge axis and connected to the first hinge arm, a detent part which has a toothed surface feature cooperating with the toothed quadrant and a control part associated with the detent part. The hinge arms can be pivoted between an active angular range in which the detent part is allowed to engage the toothed quadrant and a passive angular range in which the detent part is not located opposite the toothed quadrant so that the detent part is not allowed to engage the toothed quadrant. In the passive angular range, the detent part is retained by the control part in a passive position, while in the active angular range, the detent part adopts an active position in which the detent part can be brought into engagement with the toothed quadrant. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090243363 | SEAT RECLINING MECHANISM - A seat reclining mechanism comprises a guide bracket, an internal gear member coupled to the guide bracket in a rotatable manner about a rotation axis thereof with respect to the guide bracket, a plurality of lock gear members disposed between the guide bracket and the internal gear member, and a rotatable cam rotatably supported by either one of the guide bracket and the internal gear member. The rotatable cam has a cam body, and a plurality of engagement pawls disposed on a circumference of a circle having a center on the rotation axis and each formed to protrude from the cam body in a lock-causing rotation direction or an unlock-causing rotation direction, and each of the plurality of lock gear members has an engagement groove engageable with a corresponding one of the plurality of engagement pawls. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090250989 | CONNECTING APPARATUSES FOR VEHICULAR SEATS - One aspect of the present invention can include a connecting apparatus having first and second connecting members, a lock member and an operating member. The first and second connecting members are integrated in a direction of matching disks thereof to be able to rotate relative to each other. The first connecting member integrally is connected to one of two object members of a vehicular seat. The second connecting member integrally is connected to the other one of the two object members. The lock member is arranged between the connecting members and is integrated to the first connecting member to be movably supported in a circumferential direction. The lock member is able to lock the relative rotation between the connecting members by bringing an outer peripheral teeth face in mesh with an inner peripheral teeth face formed at the second connecting member. The operating member moves the lock member between a mesh state and a release state. In the mesh state, the outer peripheral teeth face of the lock member is in mesh with the inner peripheral teeth face of the second connecting member. In the release state, the outer peripheral teeth face is released from the inner peripheral teeth face. The second connecting member is formed with a support portion receiving in a circular ring portion formed at the first connecting member in the axial direction at a position on an outer side in the radius direction of the inner peripheral teeth face to be brought into a state of surrounding the circular ring portion from an outer peripheral side to be brought into a state of supporting each other to be able to rotate relative to each other. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090250990 | CONNECTION DEVICES IN VEHICLE SEATS - A connecting device may include first and second connecting elements that are axially oppositely coupled to each other so as to be rotatable relative to each other, a locking member that is positioned between the first and second connecting elements, an operating member that is positioned between the first and second connecting elements, and a retainer member that is arranged and constructed to circumferentially clamp the first and second connecting elements. The retainer member has a retainer portion and is fixed to the first connecting element while the second connecting element is axially supported by the retainer portion of the retainer member. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090302658 | Fitting - A fitting ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090309404 | ADJUSTMENT FITTING FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR SECURING THE LOCKING EFFECT OF AN ADJUSTMENT FITTING - Disclosed is an adjustment fitting for a motor vehicle component, especially a vehicle seat. Said adjustment fitting comprises a first part and a second part which is rotatable relative to the first part about a rotational shaft by means of a gear unit. The gear unit encompasses a first gear on the first part of the fitting and a second gear on the second part of the fitting, the second gear being disposed eccentric to the first gear. Two wedge segments are provided for securing the eccentric arrangement of the first gear relative to the second gear. The inventive adjustment fitting is characterized in that the wedge segments have an inner radius and an outer radius while the adjustment fitting further comprises a decelerating element which is fitted with an extension that starts at the rotational shaft, runs in an axial direction, and corresponds approximately to the outer radius of the wedge segments. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100033004 | Articulation Mechanism with Pivoting Locking Elements for a Vehicle Seat and a Seat Comprising Such a Mechanism - Articulation mechanism for a motor vehicle seat comprising:
| 02-11-2010 |
| 20100109408 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS - A seat reclining apparatus includes: a fixing member; a pivot member having an internal tooth located on an inner circumference surface of the circular recessed portion; a lock tooth having an external tooth arranged to be engaged with the internal tooth of the pivot member, the lock tooth being arranged to be moved along an orbit between an engagement position and a disengagement position; a cam; an urging member; the lock tooth including a pair of guide protrusions which are disposed on both sides of the lock tooth, and which protrude axially toward the fixing member, and the fixing member including a pair of guide grooves formed on an inside surface of the fixing member, and arranged to receive, respectively, the guide protrusions of the lock tooth to guide the lock tooth along the orbit between the engagement position and the disengagement position. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100141006 | SEAT RECLINER ASSEMBLY - The problem to be solved is to provide a compact and robust seat recliner assembly and the problem is solved by providing a seat recliner assembly with a guide plate, a pivotable plate, four pawls, a shaft, a cam, a retractor plate and a pre-tensioned spring wherein the pawls engage with the pivotable plate to lock the seat back from moving and the four pawls share the load on the assembly. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100194165 | VEHICLE SEAT RECLINING DEVICE - A seat reclining device has a torsion spring for a cam, and a plurality of guide-protrusion pairs formed integral with the inside face of a stationary member for guiding movement of tooth blocks into and out of meshed-engagement with an internal tooth of a movable member. Two opposing circular-arc concave portions are formed on opposing faces of two circumferentially adjacent guide-protrusion sets. A space between the concave portions is dimensioned to be wider on a radially outward side for defining a spring accommodation space, and dimensioned to be narrower on a radially inward side for forming circumferentially-opposing convex portions. Two spring hooks engage with the respective convex portions under preload. One of the hooks is also engaged with the cam for forcing it in its locked direction. An anti-rotation protrusion is formed on the outside face of the stationary member at a position conforming to the spring accommodation space. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100308635 | FULL MEMORY I-DISK - A disc recliner for pivoting a seat back relative to a seat cushion includes a fixed plate mounted to the seat cushion and a movable plate mounted to the seat back. The disc recliner includes a locking mechanism operable between a locked condition coupling the fixed and movable plates and an unlocked condition uncoupling the fixed and movable plates to allow rotation of the movable plate relative to the fixed plate. The disc recliner includes a memory plate that is disengaged with the movable plate to allow pivotal adjustment of the seat back between a plurality of seating positions by actuating the locking mechanism to the unlocked condition. The memory plate engages the movable plate to identify a previously selected seating position and to maintain the locking mechanism in the unlocked condition thereby allowing pivotal movement of the seat back between the previously selected seating position and a folded position. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110001346 | SEAT RECLINING DEVICE - In a seat reclining device, a spiral spring includes an inner end portion engaged with the cam, an outer end portion engaged with the lower arm, and a wound portion formed by winding and provided between the inner end portion and the outer end portion. The outer end portion of the spiral spring includes a straight line portion extending consecutively from the wound portion and an accommodating portion includes a guide recessed portion accommodating the straight line portion therein and being in contact with the inner peripheral side surface of the straight line portion and being in contact with the outer peripheral side surface of the straight line portion at a further outer end than the contact point with the inner peripheral side surface. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110012414 | SEAT RECLINING DEVICE - In a seat reclining device, which eliminates a gap between a plurality of pawls and a guide wall, a wedge member is provided between at least one of the plurality of pawls and the guide wall, and a cam includes a wedge pressing cam portion for relatively rotating an upper arm relative to a lower arm by pressing the wedge member outwardly in a radial direction. The wedge member is for example made by a spherical or wedge shaped plate like member. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110025114 | ROUND RECLINER MECHANISM - A recliner mechanism may include a guide plate and a ratchet plate selectively rotatable relative to the guide plate. At least two pawls may be disposed between the guide plate and the ratchet plate and may be movable between a first position removed from engagement with the ratchet plate to permit relative rotation between the guide plate and the ratchet plate and a second position in contact with the ratchet plate to prevent relative rotation between the guide plate and the ratchet plate. A cam may be disposed between the guide plate and the ratchet plate and may move the at least two pawls between the first position and the second position. A control ring may be fixed to the ratchet plate and may be in selective engagement with the at least two pawls to prevent the pawls from moving from the first position to the second position. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110057493 | Tapered Retainer Clip for Reclining Mechanism for Vehicle Seats - A recliner mechanism for a vehicle seat includes a guide plate and a gear plate. The gear plate has a plurality of internal gear teeth and a frustonical inner diameter. A hub is attached to a shaft that connects two recliners on opposite sides of the seat. The guide plate, the gear plate and a cam are retained on the hub by a retainer clip that has a frustoconical bearing surface. Two locking elements cooperate with the guide plate, and have a plurality of external gear teeth that selectively engage the internal gear teeth. When the cam rotates, the cam engages the cam surfaces with one of the engagement surfaces unlocking the external gear teeth from the internal gear teeth. Springs cooperate with the guide plate and the cam for locking the mechanism. The inner diameter of the gear plate is received on the frustoconical bearing surface of the retainer clip. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057494 | Mechanism for adjusting the tilt of an automotive vehicle seat, automotive vehicle seat, and manufacturing Method - The mechanism for adjusting the tilt of an automobile vehicle seat comprising a first flange entirely obtained from a shaped metallic element, a second flange comprising a central part and a peripheral part is disclosed. The internal face of the first flange is opposite the external face of the second flange to guide a rotational movement of the flanges. The retaining face of the first flange is opposite the rear face of the second flange, to retain the second flange in the first flange along the pivot axis. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110115271 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS - A seat reclining apparatus includes a lower arm, an upper arm, plural pawls being movable in a radial direction along guide walls of the lower arm therewithin and including external teeth being engageable with and disengageable from internal teeth of the upper arm, a cam contacting and pressing the pawls in a direction of meshing the external teeth with the internal teeth when the cam is rotated in a locking direction, a biasing member, whose first and second end portions are engaged with an accommodating portion and the cam, respectively, biasing the cam in the locking direction, a restricting protrusion portion formed on a surface of the cam facing the lower arm and slidably contacting an inner surface of the accommodating portion in order to avoid an eccentricity of the cam, and an engagement protruding portion provided on the surface at a position radially inwardly of the restricting protrusion portion. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110169314 | Articulation System and Vehicle Seat Having Such an Articulation System - Articulation system having two articulations, each comprising two strength members that are able to pivot with respect to one another and are each controlled by a control member. The control members of the two articulations are able to move independently of one another between locking and unlocking positions and are elastically urged towards the locking position. A maneuvering member engages by pressing only in an actuating direction with first and second driving members connected to the respective control members of the first and second articulations and suitable for driving each corresponding control member from the locking position into the unlocking position. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110181088 | ROTARY RECLINER MECHANISM - A recliner mechanism ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110254338 | MULTI-PAWL ROUND-RECLINER MECHANISM - A recliner mechanism may include a first plate, a second plate, and a locking mechanism associated with the first plate and the second plate. The locking mechanism may be movable between an unlocked state permitting relative movement between the first plate and the second plate and a locked state restricting relative movement between the first plate and the second plate. The locking mechanism may include at least five pawls that are movable between a first position and a second position to move the locking mechanism between the unlocked state and the locked state. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120126603 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - With a fitting for a vehicle seat. comprising a first fitting part, a second fitting part which is rotatable relative to the first fitting part about an axis, an eccentric that can be acted on which is rotatably supported about the axis, and several latches which are guided by the first fitting part by means of guides which are guided in the radial direction with relative to the axis, on which the eccentric acts to move them radially outward, and which, for locking the fitting interact radially outward with the second fitting part, wherein the first fitting part defines a rotational bearing seat having a center, the second fitting part defines a rotational bearing seat having a center, and the guides each define one center line, an offset is provided between the centers of the rotational bearing seats and/or the intersection points of the center lines. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120169105 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - With a fitting for a vehicle seat having a first fitting part and a second fitting part which are rotatable relative to each other about an axis, and which are axially held together by an enclosing ring, a spring arrangement, a rotatably mounted eccentric, upon which a spring arrangement acts, and at least two latches, on which the eccentric acts, and which are guided by the second fitting part in the radial direction with respect to the axis and movable radially outwards, in order to interact with a toothed ring of the first fitting part, in order to lock the fitting, a spring arrangement is configured as one single spiral spring, which, with its first spring end is clamped to and completely supported by a fixture of the one of the two fitting parts and, with its second spring end, at least indirectly acts upon the eccentric. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120228915 | VEHICLE SEAT AND RECLINER FITTING FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat is provided, in particular motor vehicle seat, including a seat part ( | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130113261 | RECLINING APPARATUS - A reclining apparatus achieves enhanced ease of coming off of a pole from a ratchet plate and hence a better operational feeling. Of a plurality of external teeth of a pole, at least one external tooth from an end is formed in such a manner that a tooth thickness is lessened more toward a tooth tip in comparison with a tooth thickness of other external teeth. The external tooth having a lessened tooth thickness is cut in one of two tooth planes located on a side of the end. The cut tooth plane has an inclined surface parallel to a flat surface containing all tangential lines to a pitch circle of one of two tooth planes of an external tooth having a large tooth thickness and situated adjacent to the external tooth having a lessened tooth thickness located on a side of the external tooth having a lessened tooth thickness. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130154331 | RECLINING APPARATUS - [Problem] To provide a reclining apparatus in which assembly of a rotation cam to be arranged on the side of a center axis with respect to a pole and configured to move to a locked position in which outer teeth of the pole engages inner teeth of a ratchet (first member) is easily achieved. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130161994 | RECLINING APPARATUS - [Object] The invention relates to a reclining apparatus in which a force to cause an operating shaft to incline with respect to an axis of the relative rotation thereof, and is intended to provide a reclining apparatus having a good operability. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130161995 | SEAT RECLINING DEVICE AND SEAT DEVICE - A memory mechanism is provided with engagement portions, a housing recess, a memory plate, and engagement receiving portions. The engagement portions are provided to an adjacent pair of pawls, respectively. The housing recess has a cylindrical shape and is provided to a first member. The memory plate is formed in an annular shape which is cut at one point. The memory plate is housed within the housing recess while being reduced in diameter with the cut portion disposed between the engagement portions. The engagement receiving portions are respectively adjacent between the engagement portions of the memory plate, to the engagement portions. The engagement portions are engaged with and disengaged from the engagement receiving portions as the pawls move in the radial direction. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130187426 | VEHICLE SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS - Provided is a vehicle seat reclining apparatus comprising: a first bracket, a second bracket, a pole, a cam, a locking urging member, a hinge pin, a fitting hole, a release lever, and a supporting urging member. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130270883 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting for a vehicle seat has a first fitting part and a second fitting part. The fitting parts can be rotated relative to one another about an axis. A toothed ring is formed on one of the fitting parts, and guide segments for guiding bolts are formed on the other of the fitting parts. A rotatably mounted eccentric acts on the radially displaceable bolt which then interacts with the toothed ring in order to lock the fitting. A spring arrangement acts on the eccentric and is arranged in a central receptacle in the second fitting part. The second fitting part has a guide part having the guides and a cover for covering the spring arrangement, wherein the guide part and the cover are formed separately and are connected to one another. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130285429 | LOCK DEVICE OF VEHICLE SEAT - A seat lock device comprises a base plate having a striker receiving recess for receiving a striker, a latch plate having a striker receiving recess and rotatably connected to the base plate and rotatable between latch and unlatch positions with respect to the striker, a lock plate rotatably connected to the base plate and rotatable between lock and unlock positions with respect to the latch plate and a cover member having a U-shaped flange formed thereon and covering one major surface of the base plate having the U-shaped flange neatly disposed on a peripheral edge of the striker receiving recess. The seat lock device further comprises pawls provided by the base plate and depressed toward the cover member, recesses provided by the cover member for receiving the pawls respectively and stoppers provided by respective walls of the recesses for preventing the pawls from being disengaged from the recesses. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285430 | LOCK DEVICE OF VEHICLE SEAT - A latch plate for a lock device is proposed which comprises a latch plate proper and a film that covers the latch plate proper. The latch plate proper includes upper and lower finger portions between which a striker catching recess is defined. An upper surface of the lower finger portion includes a depressed main portion located near the bottom of the striker catching recess, a raised leading end portion and a stepped portion provided between the depressed main portion and the raised leading end portion. The film covers the latch plate proper except the raised leading end portion. The film covers the depressed main portion of the upper surface in such a manner that an outer surface of the film is flush with the stepped portion. When the film is depressed by the striker, the stepped portion enhances a function is to stop a movement of the striker toward a mouth of the striker catching recess. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130300175 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting for a vehicle seat includes a first fitting part and a second fitting part, which can be rotated relative to each other, bolts which, in the locked state, interact with a toothed ring on the first fitting part to lock the fitting, and a rotatably mounted eccentric, which acts on the bolts when changing from the unlocked state to the locked state by rotation in a closing direction. When in the locked state without any external torque, a first eccentric cam and a first locking cam are in contact with each other at a first contact point and there is a gap between the second eccentric cam and a second locking cam. Starting at a specific external torque, the second eccentric cam and the second locking cam are in contact with each other at a second contact point. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140001808 | RECLINING DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140077561 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS - A seat reclining apparatus includes a base plate, a ratchet plate, a lock member supported on a surface of the base plate which faces the ratchet plate so that the lock member is movable between engaged and disengaged positions, a rotational cam positioned between the base plate and the ratchet plate and rotates relative thereto by an operation of an operating member, and a welding protrusion which protrudes from the outer side of the base plate and is engaged with a holding portion. The welding protrusion includes a welding portion which is positioned closer to an outer peripheral side of the base plate than the outer toothed portion of the lock member in the engaged position, and a weld is applied so as to extend over the welding portion and an outer edge of the holding portion. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140132053 | FITTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting system for a vehicle seat having a fitting ( | 05-15-2014 |
| 20150035337 | SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle includes a first bracket, a plurality of pawls, a second bracket being relatively rotatably placed to face the first bracket, a cam mechanism having outer teeth of each of the pawls engage with and disengage from inner teeth of the first bracket by moving each of the pawls in the radial direction by rotating a cam member, the first bracket including a first circumferential wall portion and a second circumferential wall portion which are formed to include different levels from each other by a deformation processing, and a step portion serving as a fit-in portion and being fitted-in a fit-in recessed portion being provided at a fixed object of a seat, and the step portion including a welding portion at a circumferential edge of the step portion to be welded to the fixed object. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150084392 | RECLINING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE SEAT - Disclosed herein is a reclining apparatus for a vehicle seat that is capable of improving coupling strength and entire durability and removing operation noise by removing a clearance between components at the time of a reclining operation and is capable of decreasing a cost and a weight by decreasing an entire size. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150123444 | FITTING FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting for a vehicle seat includes a first fitting part, a second fitting part which is rotatable relative to said first fitting part, a peripheral clamping ring which has a substantially L-shaped cross section, and which is connected to the first fitting part and extends over the second fitting part, and an intermediate ring which has a substantially L-shaped cross section, and which is arranged between the peripheral clamping ring and the second fitting part. A ledge is formed on the second fitting part, which ledge has an end surface and a cylindrical supporting surface. The supporting surface has a diameter which is smaller than the maximum outer diameter of the second fitting part, and the cylindrical supporting surface directly or indirectly supports the peripheral clamping ring. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150306987 | VEHICLE SEAT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A vehicle seat includes paired right and left recliners; operating pins respectively inserted through the recliners in an axial direction, and rotated about axes thereof to respectively unlock the recliners; and a rod that integrally connects the operating pins. One operating pin includes an operating shaft portion inserted through, and connected to one recliner, and a connection portion that contacts the rod and is connected to the rod. An insertion depth of the operating shaft portion with respect to the one recliner can be changed by moving the operating shaft portion between a first position in which the connection portion contacts the rod to be connectable to the rod, and a second position in which the connection portion is away from the rod in the axial direction. The operating shaft portion is connected to the one recliner so as to operate the one recliner, in the first position. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150321585 | Recliner Mechanism - A recliner mechanism having a gear plate that may be disposed between a first plate and a second plate. A first set of pawls may be configured to engage the first set of teeth on the gear plate to inhibit rotation of the gear plate with respect to the first plate. A second set of pawls may be configured to engage the second set of teeth on the gear plate to inhibit rotation of the second plate with respect to the gear plate. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150360589 | Latch Mechanism With Locking Feature - A latch mechanism is provided and may include a first plate, a second plate, a cam rotatably supported between the first plate and the second plate, and a plurality of pawls rotatably supported between the first plate and the second plate. The plurality of pawls are movable from an unlocked state to a locked state by the cam. The plurality of pawls each include a plurality of discrete locking members extending toward and received by respective notches formed in one of the first plate and the second plate. | 12-17-2015 |
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| 20150298585 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT AND VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat fitting has a fitting parts ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150313362 | TENSION ADJUST DEVICE FOR A CHAIR AND CHAIR - A tension adjust device ( | 11-05-2015 |
