Seat reclining device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11524611-B2
Application number	US-202117369304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2021
Priority date	Oct 14, 2020
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

Proposed is a seat reclining device having a mobile flange that includes: a gear unit having an internal gear; a collar provided at a center of the gear unit; and a flange part connecting the collar and the gear unit to each other, and that is configured such that a radial cross-section of the flange part circumferentially repeatedly changes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seat reclining device comprising:
a mobile flange comprising:
a gear unit having an internal gear;
a collar provided at a center of the gear unit; and
a flange part connecting the collar and the gear unit to each other,
wherein the mobile flange is configured such that a radial cross-section of the flange part circumferentially repeatedly changes,
wherein, in the radial cross-section of the flange part of the mobile flange, an inclined portion forming an inclined surface gradually protruding in a direction opposite to a protruding direction of the collar as radially going toward the collar from the gear unit, and a plane portion being perpendicular to a central axis of the mobile flange as radially going toward the collar from the gear unit are circumferentially disposed.

2. The seat reclining device of claim 1 , wherein the plane portion is formed toward the collar from the gear unit, and a protrusion recovery portion gradually protruding to a same height as a protruding height of the inclined portion is connected to an end of the plane portion adjacent to the collar.

3. The seat reclining device of claim 2 , wherein two circumferential sides of the inclined portion form a triangular plane having two sides meeting the plane portion and the protrusion recovery portion; and
an apex formed by the plane portion and the protrusion recovery portion meeting each other of the triangular plane is formed at a position outside the inclined portion farther than a position of an opposite side of the apex, such that the triangular plane is formed in a shape increasing a width of the inclined portion.

4. A mobile flange comprising:
a gear unit having an internal gear;
a collar provided at a center of the gear unit; and
a flange part connecting the collar and the gear unit to each other,
wherein the flange part has a plurality of inclined portions protruding in a direction to a protruding direction of the collar as going to a center from the gear unit, on a surface opposite to the collar.

5. The mobile flange of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of inclined portions of the flange part are respectively radially disposed from a portion where the collar is formed in a circumferential direction of the flange part.

6. The mobile flange of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of inclined portions of the flange part are respectively elongated and protruded in a radial direction of the flange part.

7. The mobile flange of claim 6 , wherein plane portions forming planes perpendicular to a central axis of the mobile flange are provided between the plurality of inclined portions of the flange part.

8. The mobile flange of claim 7 , wherein protrusion recovery portions gradually protruding to a same height as a protruding height of each of the plurality of inclined portions at the portion where the collar is provided are connected to the plane portions of the flange part.

9. The mobile flange of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of inclined portions are configured such that portions where the plurality of inclined portions and the plane portions meet each other and portions where the plurality of inclined portions and the protrusion recovery portions meet each other gradually widen toward portions where the plane portions and the protrusion recovery portions are connected to each other.

Assignees

• Hyundai Transys Inc

Inventors

• Chang Seung Hun

Classifications

• B60N2/2352

  with external pawls · CPC title

• B60N2/2252 Primary

  in which the central axis of the gearing lies inside the periphery of an orbital gear, e.g. one gear without sun gear · CPC title

• B60N2/20

  the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/2213 Primary

  Gear wheel driven mechanism (B60N2/2231, B60N2/225 take precedence) · CPC title