Stepless brake device of vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11938847-B2
Application number	US-202217853378-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2022
Priority date	Jun 30, 2021
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a stepless brake device of a vehicle seat. The coupling piece formed on the plate cover disposed on the outermost rear surface is caulked and coupled to the housing cover disposed on the outermost front side. Therefore, the components are firmly coupled, and no axial gap occurs between the components. Also, tolerance accumulation of the components does not occur, so that the tilt of the roller is reduced, and thus, collision noise of the roller during the release operation is prevented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stepless brake device of a vehicle seat,
wherein an input member and an unlock member are disposed on one side of a housing, and a braking member, a fixing member, and a gear member are disposed on the other side of the housing,
wherein a housing cover surrounding the input member is disposed on the one side of the housing,
wherein a plate cover preventing separation of the braking member and the gear member is disposed on the other side of the housing,
wherein a plurality of coupling pieces formed on the plate cover is caulked and coupled to the housing cover in a state where the housing cover and the plate cover are compressed in a direction toward each other,
wherein the unlock member has a plurality of unlock protrusions formed around a circumference of the unlock member,
wherein corners on both sides of an end portion of the unlock protrusion are formed as inclined surfaces,
wherein a concave round groove is formed in each of the inclined surfaces,
wherein a straight guide groove is formed in a radially outer surface of the unlock member in an operation direction of the unlock member, and
wherein a straight guide protrusion which is inserted into the guide groove is formed on an inner surface of a border portion of the housing.

2. The stepless brake device of the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein a pair of caulking protrusions is formed on an end portion of the coupling piece, wherein a pair of catching protrusions is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the housing cover, wherein an inclined catching surface is formed on each of the pair of catching protrusions, and wherein the coupling piece is inserted between the pair of side catching protrusions, and is caulked in a direction in which the pair of catching protrusions spread, and is caught by the respective inclined catching surface.

3. The stepless brake device of the vehicle seat of claim 2 , wherein a protrusion by which the coupling piece is caught in a circumferential direction is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the housing.

4. The stepless brake device of the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein a stopper protrusion is formed on a side of the input member and is inserted into an arc-shaped stopper hole defined in the housing cover to limit a rotation range of the input member.

5. The stepless brake device of the vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of wedge surfaces and a plurality of release surfaces are alternatingly formed circumferentially on an inner periphery of the fixing member, and wherein a distance from a center point of the inner periphery to each of the plurality of wedges surfaces is shorter than a distance from the center point to each of the plurality of release surfaces.

Assignees

• Das Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jae Ho

Classifications

• B60N2/168 Primary

  and provided with braking systems · CPC title

• B60N2/165

  Gear wheel driven mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2/1685 Primary

  characterised by a lock · CPC title

• B60N2/1864

  Gear wheel driven mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2/1889

  and provided with braking systems · CPC title