Pumping device for seat of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10913376-B2
Application number	US-201816199941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2018
Priority date	Dec 26, 2017
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed is a pumping device for a seat of a vehicle, the device including: a cam mechanism rotating along with a lever; a clutch mechanism receiving power from the cam mechanism; a housing accommodating the cam mechanism and the clutch mechanism therein; a brake mechanism accommodated in the housing to receive power from the clutch mechanism, and configured such that boss portions protrude along an outer circumferential surface thereof, outer end sides of the boss portions face an inner circumferential surface of the housing, and a pressing portion protruding from the clutch mechanism is disposed between a boss portion and a neighboring boss portion; and a brake roller provided at opposite sides of each of the boss portions of the brake mechanism to be disposed between the boss portion and the pressing portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pumping device for a seat of a vehicle, the pumping device comprising:
a cam mechanism rotating along with a lever;
a clutch mechanism receiving power from the cam mechanism;
a housing accommodating the cam mechanism and the clutch mechanism therein;
a brake mechanism accommodated in the housing to receive power from the clutch mechanism, and configured such that a plurality of boss portions protrude along an outer circumferential surface thereof, outer end sides of the boss portions face an inner circumferential surface of the housing, and a pressing portion protruding from the clutch mechanism is disposed between two boss portions of the plurality of boss portions; and
a brake roller provided at opposite sides of each of the boss portions of the brake mechanism to be disposed between a boss portion of the plurality of boss portions and the pressing portion, and configured such that an outermost point thereof is disposed outward more than the outer end sides of the boss portions based on a central axis of the brake mechanism, and the outermost point is brought into contact with the inner circumferential surface of the housing.

2. The pumping device of claim 1 , wherein each of the boss portions of the plurality of boss portions is configured to have a protruding height from the outer circumferential surface of the brake mechanism smaller than a diameter of the brake roller.

3. The pumping device of claim 1 , wherein the brake roller is configured to have a diameter larger than a protruding height of the boss portions of the plurality of boss portions from the outer circumferential surface of the brake mechanism.

4. The pumping device of claim 1 , wherein when the brake roller is pressed by the pressing portion or the boss portion of the plurality of boss portions to move along the outer circumferential surface of the brake mechanism, the outermost point of the brake roller is always brought into contact with the inner circumferential surface of the housing, and an outermost point of the boss portion maintains a gap with the inner circumferential surface of the housing.

5. The pumping device of claim 1 , wherein the outer circumferential surface of the brake mechanism is provided with a plurality of inclined surfaces formed between the plurality of boss portions and a vertex formed between both inclined surfaces of the plurality of inclined surfaces is configured to be away from the central axis of the brake mechanism as being away with respect to the boss portions of the plurality of boss portions in a circumferential direction, and
each of the plurality of inclined surfaces is configured to have an angle such that in a state where the brake roller is brought into contact with the inclined surface and the boss portion, the outermost point of the brake roller is brought into contact with the inner circumferential surface of the housing.

Assignees

• Hyundai Dymos Inc

Inventors

• Chae Soo Young
• Lee Young Sun

Classifications

• B60N2/168

  and provided with braking systems · CPC title

• B60N2/167 Primary

  Ratchet mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2002/0204

  characterised by the seat or seat part turning about or moving along a non-standard, particular axis, i.e. an axis different from the axis characterising the conventional movement · CPC title

• B60N2/1635 Primary

  characterised by the drive mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2/02

  the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable (adjustable arm-rests B60N2/75; adjustable head-rests B60N2/806) · CPC title