Seat reclining apparatus

Details Seat reclining apparatus Seat reclining apparatus

1994-12-21

1996-09-24

Brown, Peter R.

Chairs and seats

Movable back

Tiltable

297367, 297365, B60N 220, B60N 222

Patent

active

055584020

ABSTRACT:
A seat reclining apparatus includes a lower arm for attaching or fixing a seat-cushion, an upper arm for attaching or fixing a seat-back, a shaft rotatably disposed in the lower arm and fixed to rotate with the upper arm, a locking mechanism disposed between the lower arm and the upper arm and having a ratchet and a pawl, the pawl being movable toward and away from the ratchet for establishing a meshing engagement therebetween and releasing the meshing engagement, respectively, and a regulating gear configured at least as large as one of the ratchet and the pawl in a pitch circle and adjacent to the other of the ratchet and the pawl so as to be engagable with one of the ratchet and the pawl while the pawl is in meshing engagement with the ratchet.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4269447 (1981-05-01), Dottori
patent: 4348050 (1982-09-01), Letournoux et al.
patent: 4523786 (1985-06-01), Letournoux
patent: 4629251 (1986-12-01), Tezuka
patent: 4765680 (1988-08-01), Kawashima
patent: 4789205 (1988-12-01), Pipon

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