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US 12,391,154 B2Granted
Recliner for vehicle seat
AssigneeHyundai Transys Inc.
InventorsKyu Ha Shin, Woosool Song
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Abstract
A recliner for a vehicle seat includes a first gear having a center hole provided at a center thereof, a second gear being internally in contact with the first gear and configured to eccentrically engage with the first gear, a socket having a coupling portion configured to be coupled to the center hole, and a pair of wedge cams disposed between the socket and the second gear and configured to restrain or release the socket and the second gear.
Claims10
A recliner for a vehicle seat, the recliner comprising:
- a first gear having a center hole defined at a center thereof;
- a second gear being in contact with an inner portion of the first gear and configured to eccentrically engage with the first gear;
- a socket having a coupling portion configured to be coupled to the center hole;
- and
- a pair of wedge cams disposed between the socket and the second gear and configured to restrain or release the socket and the second gear,
- wherein the coupling portion extends in a direction from a body portion of the socket to the center hole, the body portion has a first stepped portion defined at one end thereof and directed toward the first gear, and the pair of wedge cams are in contact with and coupled to the body portion,
- wherein the first stepped portion extends on and along a surface of the first gear to a position where the surface of the first gear and a surface of the pair of wedge cams contact each other, such that the surface of the pair of wedge cams is coplanar with the first stepped portion.
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A recliner for a vehicle seat, the recliner comprising:
- a first gear having a center hole defined at a center thereof;
- a second gear being in contact with an inner portion of the first gear and configured to eccentrically engage with the first gear;
- a socket having a coupling portion configured to be coupled to the center hole;
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- a pair of wedge cams disposed between the socket and the second gear and configured to restrain or release the socket and the second gear,
- wherein the coupling portion extends in a direction from a body portion of the socket to the center hole, and the body portion has a first stepped portion defined at one end thereof and directed toward the first gear, and
- wherein the socket comprises:
- a wing portion disposed on an outer diameter portion of the body portion and spaced apart from the first stepped portion at an interval;
- a push portion extending in a direction from one surface of the wing portion toward the first stepped portion;
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- an assembling portion protruding from another surface of the wing portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.