Release Handle For Recliner Mechanism Of Vehicle Seat

A method of assembling a vehicle-seat-recliner assembly, the method comprising:

• providing a handle pin including a first end having a plurality of radially outwardly extending protrusions and a second end having a plurality of splines;
• providing a reinforcement member including an aperture having a plurality of radially outwardly extending cutouts;
• inserting the first end of the handle pin in the aperture of the reinforcement member such that each of the protrusions is received in a respective one of the cutouts;
• fixing the handle pin relative to the reinforcement member after inserting the first end of the handle pin in the aperture of the reinforcement member;
• molding a handle-travel-limiter over at least a portion of the reinforcement member after fixing the handle pin relative to the reinforcement member such that the reinforcement member is embedded in a flange portion of the handle-travel-limiter;
• inserting a cross-member into a shaft portion of the handle-travel-limiter;
• and
• attaching a release handle to a second end of the handle pin,
• wherein the cross-member is connected to first and second recliner hearts and is operable to transmit torque from the release handle to the second recliner heart to move the second recliner heart with the first recliner heart between a locked state and an unlocked state.