Reclining device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8998330-B2
Application number	US-201214006300-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2012
Priority date	Mar 28, 2011
Publication date	Apr 7, 2015
Grant date	Apr 7, 2015

Abstract

[Problem] The present invention addresses the problem of providing a reclining device in which a pawl moves smoothly, does not slip and locks well.
[Solution] A cam part that moves a pawl ( 33 ) in the direction of a locked position is configured from a rotating cam (first cam) ( 31 ) that pushes the pawl ( 33 ) in the direction of the locked position and a cam (second cam) ( 34 ) that is pressed by the rotating cam ( 31 ) and pushes the pawl ( 33 ) in the direction of the locked position while pressing same against a guide ( 25 c ). The cam part is configured so that when the pawl ( 33 ) located at the unlocked position moves to the locked position, the cam part initially presses the pawl ( 33 ) with the rotating cam ( 31 ), and when the pawl ( 33 ) is at the locked position, presses the pawl ( 33 ) with the cam ( 34 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A reclining apparatus, comprising:
a first member, which is provided with internal teeth along a circumferential direction thereof;
a second member, which is stacked on the first member and is provided to be rotatable relative to the first member in the circumferential direction;
a pawl, which is movably provided on the second member and is provided with external teeth formed to engage with the internal teeth;
a guide, which is formed in the seco…

Assignees

• Ito Koji
• Shiroki Corp

Inventors

• Ito Koji

Classifications

• B60N2/236 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60N2/2356 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic