Chairs and seats – Movable back – Tiltable
Patent
1992-07-08
1994-09-27
Bradley, P. Austin
Chairs and seats
Movable back
Tiltable
29736211, B60N 106
Patent
active
053502167
ABSTRACT:
A reclining seat apparatus which is installed in a vehicle body comprises a seat cushion having a pair of side portions at its rearward position and mounted on a floor of the vehicle body, a pair of lower arms secured to the pair of side portions, respectively, a pair of outward gears provided to the pair of lower arms, respectively, a seat back having a pair of side portions at its lower position which is to be located on or above the rearward position of the seat cushion, a pair of upper arms secured to the pair of side portions of the seat back, a pair of inward gears provided to the pair of upper arms, respectively, in such a manner that each of the pair of outward gears is in meshing engagement with respective inward gear and the number of teeth of each outward gear is less than that of the inward gear by one, a pair of shafts each of which has a circular portion on which respective lower arm is rotatably mounted and an eccentric portion on which respective upper arm is secured, a motor set to rotate one of the pair of shafts in order that the resulting rotation may establish a reclining movement of the seat back through an angle relative to the seat cushion, and a stopper mechanism, for regulating the reclining movement of the seat back, provided between the motor and the shaft.
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"Diamante" published by Mitsubishi Motor Company, Ltd., No. 1037030, May, 1990 (7 pages).
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Bradley P. Austin
Miner James
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