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US 2002/0000746 A1Published application
Reclining device
AssigneeFujikiko Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Matsuura, Tetsuya Ohba, Yasushi Asano
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Abstract
A frame has a pivot protruding therefrom. A first gear is rotatable relative to the frame. A cam is rotatable with the first gear. A second gear is between the pivot and the cam. The second gear is engaged with the cam for rotation. The second gear is to be rotated on the pivot, thus to be locked with the first gear. The pivot has smaller mechanical strength than the first gear and the second gear.
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A reclining device comprising:
- a frame having a pivot protruding therefrom, the frame being fixed to a first seat component;
- a first gear rotatable relative to the frame, the first gear being fixed to a second seat component for establishing an angle between the first seat component and the second seat component;
- a cam rotatable to the first gear and with an input component;
- a second gear between the pivot and the cam, the second gear being engaged with the cam for rotation, the second gear to be rotated on the pivot, thus to be locked with the first gear,
- wherein the pivot has smaller mechanical strength than the first gear and the second gear.
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A reclining device comprising:
- a frame having a pivot protruding therefrom, the frame being fixed to a first seat component;
- a first gear rotatable relative to the frame, the first gear being fixed to a second seat component for establishing an angle between the first seat component and the second seat component;
- a cam rotatable to the first gear and with an input component;
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- a second gear between the pivot and the cam, the second gear being engaged with the cam for rotation, the second gear to be rotated on the pivot, thus to be locked with the first gear,
- wherein the second gear has a rotation center inside and in proximity to a first tooth of the first gear.
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A reclining device comprising:
- a frame having a pivot and a second guide each protruding therefrom, the frame being fixed to a first seat component;
- a first gear rotatable relative to the frame, the first gear being fixed to a second seat component for establishing an angle between the first seat component and the second seat component;
- a cam rotatable to the first gear and with an input component;
- a second gear between the pivot and the cam, the second gear being engaged with the cam for rotation, the second gear having a second mating guide engaged with the second guide for guiding the second gear to be rotated on the pivot, thus to be locked with the first gear.
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A reclining device comprising:
- a frame having a recess with a first circumferential face, and a pivot protruding from the recess, the frame being fixed to a first seat component;
- a first gear rotatable relative to the frame, the first gear being fixed to a second seat component for establishing an angle between the first seat component and the second seat component, the first gear being inserted into the recess, the first gear having a second circumferential face facing to the first circumferential face;
- a cam rotatable to the first gear and with an input component;
- a second gear between the pivot and the cam, the second gear being engaged with the cam for rotation, the second gear to be rotated about the pivot, to be locked with the first gear;
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- a projection between the frame and the second gear, the projection located on one of the first circumferential face and the second circumferential face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.