Chairs and seats – Movable back – Tiltable
Patent
1992-05-26
1993-10-05
Cuomo, Peter M.
Chairs and seats
Movable back
Tiltable
297367, B60N 202
Patent
active
052498409
ABSTRACT:
A seat apparatus for an automotive vehicle includes an upper gear fixed to a side member of a seat-back frame equipped with a retractor, a lower gear engaging with the upper gear, a pair of lower arms embracing the upper gear and the lower gear, a shaft having a coaxial shaft portion on which the pair of lower arms is supported and an eccentric shaft portion on which the upper gear is supported, a release arm supported on the coaxial shaft portion and having a distal end to which a first pin is fixed, the first pin being inserted into first registered oblong holes of the pair of lower arms, a second pin passed through a cam slot of the release arm and second registered oblong holes of the pair of lower arms, the second pin being capable of freely entering and exiting a notch in the lower gear, and a third oblong hole provided in the lower arm for receiving a third pin fixed to the upper gear. At the moment of a collision, a large load from the upper gear is received by the second pin as a shearing force.
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Hoshihara Naoaki
Inaba Yasuhisa
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Cuomo Peter M.
Milano Michael J.
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