Seat reclining apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuhiro KOJIMA, Hideo Nihonmatsu, Mikihito Nagura
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Abstract
A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first plate adapted to be mounted on one of a seat cushion and a seat back and having inner teeth; a second plate adapted to be mounted on the other one of the seat cushion and the seat back and supporting the first plate to be rotatable; a pole directly and movably supported by the second plate and having outer teeth engageable and disengageable with the inner teeth of the first plate; a pair of guides formed at the second plate and interposing therebetween the pole from both sides, the guide including a pole sliding surface adjusted to slidably come in contact with a side surface of the pole; and a recess formed at the pole sliding surface of the guide.
Claims5
A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a first plate adapted to be mounted on one of a seat cushion and a seat back and having inner teeth;
- a second plate adapted to be mounted on the other one of the seat cushion and the seat back and supporting the first plate to be rotatable;
- a pole directly and movably supported by the second plate and having outer teeth engageable and disengageable with the inner teeth of the first plate;
- a pair of guides formed at the second plate and interposing therebetween the pole from both sides, the guide including a pole sliding surface adjusted to slidably come in contact with a side surface of the pole;
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- a recess formed at the pole sliding surface of the guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.