Adjustment fitting for a vehicle seat and vehicle seat
AssigneeKeiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
InventorsGrit Scholz, Rolf Schueler, Kirubaharan Albert Reginold, Dieter Henkel, Balaji Paramasivam, Arkadius Rock
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Abstract
An adjustment fitting for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat may have a first fitting part, and a second fitting part which is pivotable about a central axis of rotation relative to the first fitting part and is connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat. The first fitting part and the second fitting part may be components both of a gear unit, such as a planetary gear, of the adjustment fitting and of a locking device, such as a detent lock, of the adjustment fitting. A vehicle seat having the adjustment fitting is also disclosed.
Claims14
An adjustment fitting for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat, comprising:
- a first fitting part connectable to a seat substructure of the vehicle seat, and
- a second fitting part which is pivotable about a central axis of rotation relative to the first fitting part and is connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat,
- wherein the first fitting part and the second fitting part are components both of a gear unit of the adjustment fitting and of a locking device of the adjustment fitting;
- wherein the first fitting part has an inner toothing of the gear unit;
- wherein the inner toothing of the gear unit is arranged axially adjacent to an inner toothing of the locking device.
An adjustment fitting for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat, comprising:
- a first fitting part connectable to a seat substructure of the vehicle seat, and
- a second fitting part which is pivotable about a central axis of rotation relative to the first fitting part and is connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat,
- wherein the first fitting part and the second fitting part are components both of a gear unit of the adjustment fitting and of a locking device of the adjustment fitting;
- wherein the gear unit has a planetary gear system or is a planetary gear system;
- wherein the first fitting part acts as a ring gear of the planetary gear system and the second fitting part acts as a web of the planetary gear system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.