Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090243360 | SEAT RECLINING MECHANISM - Disclosed is a seat reclining mechanism, which is designed to be mounted to a seat cushion and a seat back so as to allow the seat back to be reclined. The seat reclining mechanism comprises a guide bracket and an internal gear member coupled to the guide bracket in a rotatable manner about a rotation axis thereof with respect to the guide bracket and formed with internal teeth along a circle having a center on the rotation axis. A plurality of lock gear members is disposed between the guide bracket and the internal gear member. A fitting portion is provided in either one of the guide bracket and the internal gear member. A rotatable cam is rotatably supported by the fitting portion. | 10-01-2009 |
20090243361 | SEAT RECLINING MECHANISM - A seat reclining mechanism comprises a guide bracket, and an internal gear member coupled to the guide bracket in a rotatable manner about a rotation axis thereof with respect to the guide bracket. A forwardmost-inclination stopper protrusion and a rearwardmost-inclination stopper protrusion are provided on either one of the guide bracket and the internal gear member. A stopper plate is fixed to a remaining one of the guide bracket and the internal gear member. The stopper plate has a forwardmost-inclination stopper portion adapted to be brought into contact with the forwardmost-inclination stopper protrusion when a seat back is at a forwardmost inclined position, and a rearwardmost-inclination stopper portion adapted to be brought into contact with the rearwardmost-inclination stopper protrusion when the seat back is at a rearwardmost inclined position. | 10-01-2009 |
20090243363 | SEAT RECLINING MECHANISM - A seat reclining mechanism comprises a guide bracket, an internal gear member coupled to the guide bracket in a rotatable manner about a rotation axis thereof with respect to the guide bracket, a plurality of lock gear members disposed between the guide bracket and the internal gear member, and a rotatable cam rotatably supported by either one of the guide bracket and the internal gear member. The rotatable cam has a cam body, and a plurality of engagement pawls disposed on a circumference of a circle having a center on the rotation axis and each formed to protrude from the cam body in a lock-causing rotation direction or an unlock-causing rotation direction, and each of the plurality of lock gear members has an engagement groove engageable with a corresponding one of the plurality of engagement pawls. | 10-01-2009 |
20100102192 | SLIDE LOCKING MECHANISM FOR SEAT - Disclosed is a slide locking mechanism for a seat, which comprises at least five locking pieces, a plurality of first latch portions and a plurality of second latch portions. An opening width of a hole of each of the first latch portions in a longitudinal direction of a lower rail is equal to a width of each of the locking pieces in the longitudinal direction, and an opening width of a hole of each of the second latch portions in the longitudinal direction is greater than the opening width of each of the holes of the first latch portions. The first latch portions and the second latch portions are alternately arranged along the longitudinal direction. | 04-29-2010 |
20100133408 | SEAT SLIDE STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a seat slide structure, which comprises a nut-holding member including a holding body, and a rib reinforcing the holding body. The holding body has an anchor section adapted to be fixed to one of a lower rail and an upper rail, a front segment disposed in a position frontward of a nut member, a rear segment disposed in a position rearward of the nut member, and a lower segment disposed in a position beneath the nut member to connect the front segment and the rear segment therethrough. The rib is disposed in at least one of two positions on left and right sides of the holding body to extend along an axial direction of a screw rod, and fixed at least to the front segment and the rear segment of the holding body. | 06-03-2010 |
20110079699 | SEAT SLIDE STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - A lower rail or an upper rail has a first wall provided at a position on a first one of opposite sides in a widthwise direction thereof, and a second wall provided at a position on the other, second, side in the widthwise direction and disposed opposed to the first wall. At least one of the first wall and the second wall has an opening. At least one of an outer portion of the holding member in the widthwise direction and an outer portion of the nut member in the widthwise direction is inserted in the opening and disposed opposed to an inner side-surface of the opening facing in a frontward-rearward direction. | 04-07-2011 |