Brake device of recliner for vehicle seat
AssigneeHyundai Transys Inc.
InventorsWon Kim, Jin Wook Choi
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Abstract
A brake device of a recliner for a vehicle seat includes: a housing having a through-hole through which a shaft of a seat recliner passes; a fixture provided in an accommodation space of the housing to be coupled to the shaft, having a protrusion portion formed on the outer side thereof, and configured to be prevented from rotating by engagement of the protrusion portion and the key portion while being supported upwards; and a release lever installed above the fixture and configured to press, if a rotational force is applied from the outside, the fixture downwards so as to release the engagement of the protrusion portion and the key portion.
Claims13
A brake device of a recliner for a vehicle seat, the brake device comprising:
- a housing having a through-hole through which a shaft of a seat recliner passes, an accommodation space defined therein, and a key portion defined toward an inside thereof;
- a fixture disposed in the accommodation space of the housing to be coupled to the shaft, supported upwards by a spring, having a protrusion portion defined on an outer side thereof, and configured to be prevented from rotating by engagement of the protrusion portion and the key portion while being supported upwards;
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- a release lever disposed above the fixture and configured to press, in case that a rotational force is applied from an outside, the fixture downwards so as to release the engagement of the protrusion portion and the key portion, thereby enabling rotation of the shaft and the fixture,
- wherein a bent hook is defined to extend downwards from the release lever, and
- wherein the housing is coupled to the release lever by being fitted to the bent hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.