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US 2018/0279784 A1Published application
Recliner Mechanism Having a Pawl Spring Cartridge
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsEric Veine, James S. Wawrzyniak, Peter Robert McCulloch
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Abstract
A recliner mechanism for a seat. The recliner mechanism may have a first plate and a cartridge. The first plate may define a through hole that may receive the cartridge. The cartridge may have a pawl spring slot that may receive a pawl spring that may exert a biasing force on a pawl.
Claims20
A recliner mechanism comprising:
- a first plate that defines a through hole and has a set of pawl guide slots disposed adjacent to the through hole;
- a second plate that is rotatable around an axis with respect to the first plate;
- a cartridge that is a separate component from the first plate and is received in the through hole, the cartridge having a set of pawl spring slots;
- a set of pawls, wherein each member of the set of pawls is received in a corresponding member of the set of pawl guide slots;
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- a set of pawl springs, wherein each member of the set of pawl springs is received in a member of the set of pawl spring slots and exerts a biasing force on a corresponding member of the set of pawls.
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A recliner mechanism comprising:
- a first plate that defines a through hole and that has a pawl guide slot disposed adjacent to the through hole;
- a second plate that is rotatable about an axis with respect to the first plate;
- a cartridge that is a separate component from the first plate and is received in the through hole, the cartridge having a pawl spring slot that is spaced apart from the first plate;
- a pawl that is disposed between the first plate and the second plate, wherein the pawl is received in the pawl guide slot;
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- a pawl spring that is received in the pawl spring slot such that the pawl spring is configured to exert a biasing force on the pawl.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.