Adjuster for a vehicle seat
AssigneeKEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsUlrich Lehmann, Uwe Assmann
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Abstract
In an adjuster (1) for a vehicle seat, in particular a backrest inclination adjuster for an automobile seat, having at least one detent fitting (5) with two fitting parts (7, 8) that can be pivoted relatively to one another around a central axis (13) and can be locked together, and a lever (6) which is mounted for pivoting around a pivoting axis (A), the pivoting of the lever (6) allowing to unlock the detent fitting (5), said detent fitting (5) can be unlocked via a rotatable driver (11) which is arranged around the central axis (13) and is accessible from the outside of the detent fitting (5), the lever (6) being in direct contact with the driver (11).
Claims23
An adjuster for a vehicle seat, the adjuster comprising:
- at least one detent fitting including two fitting parts that can be pivoted relative to one another around a central axis while the detent fitting is in an unlocked configuration, wherein the two fitting parts are locked together while the detent fitting is in a locked configuration;
- and
- a lever mounted for pivoting around a pivot axis,
- wherein the detent fitting is unlocked by way of a rotatable driver that is mounted so that rotation of the rotatable driver can cause the detent fitting to transition from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration, the rotatable driver extends around the central axis and is accessible from outside of the detent fitting, and the lever is in direct contact with the rotatable driver so that pivoting of the lever causes rotation of the rotatable driver and thereby the transition of the detent fitting from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration, and
- wherein the contact between the lever and the rotatable driver occurs via at least one gear.
An adjuster for a vehicle seat, the adjuster comprising:
- at least one detent fitting including two fitting parts that can be pivoted relative to one another around a central axis while the detent fitting is in an unlocked configuration, with the detent fitting further including an eccentric mounted for rotating around the central axis to cause the detent fitting to transition from the unlocked configuration to a locked configuration, and the two fitting parts are locked together while the detent fitting is in the locked configuration;
- and
- a lever mounted for pivoting around a pivot axis,
- wherein the detent fitting is unlocked by way of a rotatable driver that is mounted so that rotation of the rotatable driver can cause the eccentric to rotate in a manner which causes the detent fitting to transition from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration, and wherein the rotatable driver extends around the central axis and is accessible from outside of the detent fitting, and the lever is in direct contact with the rotatable driver so that pivoting of the lever can cause the rotation of the rotatable driver and thereby the transition of the detent fitting from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.