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US 6,712,430 B2Granted
Driving unit
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSadao Ito, Hideki Kawabata
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Abstract
A driving mechanism usable in a vehicle seat reclining adjuster includes a pinion gear, a driven gear rotated by the pinion gear, and a stopper mechanism defining a rotation range of the driven gear. The stopper mechanism includes a transmitting member transmitting a stopping force to the axle portion of the pinion gear.
Claims21
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat cushion;
- a seat back;
- a lower arm secured to the seat cushion and mounted on a shaft;
- an upper arm secured to the seat back and mounted on the shaft, with a position of the upper arm relative to the lower arm being adjustable;
- a driven gear mounted on the shaft;
- a pinion gear having an axle portion and a gear portion engaging the driven gear;
- a stopper mechanism defining a rotation range of the driven gear;
- and
- the stopper mechanism including transmitting means for applying a stopping force to the axle portion of the pinion gear.
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A driving mechanism comprising;
- a pinion gear having a gear portion and an axle portion;
- a driven gear engaged with the gear portion of the pinion gear to be rotated by the pinion gear;
- a stopper mechanism defining a rotation range of the driven gear;
- and
- the stopper mechanism including transmitting means for applying a stopping force to the axle portion of the pinion gear.
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A driving mechanism comprising:
- a driven gear mounted on a shaft to rotate together with the shaft;
- a pinion gear having an axle portion and a gear portion engaging the driven gear;
- a first stopper element provided on the driven gear;
- a second stopper element provided on the pinion gear;
- the first stopper element and the second stopper element each including portions that engage one another at either end of a rotational range of movement of the pinion gear and the driven gear to apply a stopping force to the axle portion of the pinion gear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.