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US 10,787,102 B2Granted
Recliner mechanism
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorAntoine Moulin
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Abstract
A recliner mechanism having a first plate, a second plate, and at least one pawl. The first plate has a first set of teeth. The second plate has a second set of teeth. The pawl that has a set of pawl teeth that engage the first set of teeth and the second set of teeth to inhibit rotation of the second plate with respect to the first plate.
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A recliner mechanism comprising:
- a first plate having a first set of teeth;
- a second plate that is rotatable about an axis with respect to the first plate, the second plate having a second set of teeth;
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- a pawl having a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and set of pawl teeth arranged between the first lateral side and the second lateral side, the set of pawl teeth including a first pawl tooth and a second pawl tooth, wherein the first pawl tooth is disposed closer to the first lateral side than the second pawl tooth, the first pawl tooth is disposed closer to the axis than the second pawl tooth, the first pawl tooth engages the first set of teeth but not the second set of teeth, and the second pawl tooth engages the second set of teeth but not the first set of teeth to inhibit rotation of the second plate with respect to the first plate.
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A recliner mechanism comprising:
- a first plate having a first set of teeth;
- a second plate that is rotatable about an axis with respect to the first plate, the second plate having a second set of teeth;
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- a pawl that has a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and set of pawl teeth that extends toward the first set of teeth and the second set of teeth and are arranged between the first lateral side and the second lateral side such that members of the set of pawl teeth are positioned progressively further from the axis in a direction that extends from the first lateral side to the second lateral side.
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A recliner mechanism comprising:
- a first plate having a first set of teeth that is arranged around an axis, wherein the first set of teeth includes a first tooth segment having teeth that are arranged at different radial distances from the axis;
- a second plate that is rotatable about the axis with respect to the first plate, the second plate having a second set of teeth;
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- a pawl that has a set of pawl teeth that engages the first set of teeth and the second set of teeth to inhibit rotation of the second plate with respect to the first plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.