Round recliner assembly with rear folding latch
AssigneeFisher Dynamics Corporation
InventorsCraig J Coughlin, Jeffery T Bonk, Scott Fast
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Abstract
A vehicle seat recliner and folding latch assembly is provided. The assembly generally includes a lower quadrant disk, a slide pin sub-assembly and a recliner disk. The slide pin sub-assembly is supported on the lower quadrant disk for pivotal displacement between a first position and a second position. The recliner disk is supported for pivotal displacement on the slide-pin sub-assembly. The recliner disk includes an engagement edge engaging the slide pin sub-assembly. The engagement edge is adapted to lock the slide pin sub-assembly in the first and second positions.
Claims22
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back;
- a lower quadrant disk adapted to be fixedly supported by a vehicle;
- a recliner mechanism pivotally supported on said lower quadrant disk for pivoting said seat back between a first position and a second position relative to said lower quadrant disk;
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- a slide-pin subassembly pivotally supporting said recliner mechanism on said lower quadrant disk and pivotally supported for rotation between a third position and a fourth position relative to said lower quadrant disk, said slide-pin subassembly including a lock pin that selectively engages said lower quadrant disk to lock said slide-pin subassembly relative to said lower quadrant disk.
A vehicle seat recliner assembly, comprising:
- a lower quadrant disk;
- a slide-pin subassembly supported on said lower quadrant disk for pivotal displacement between a first position and a rearward position, said slide-pin subassembly including:
- a housing;
- a lock pin slidably supported by said housing and engaging said lower quadrant disk, whereby said housing is selectively locked in one of said first and said rearward positions;
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- a cam plate supported for rotational displacement relative to said housing for positioning said lock pin relative to said lower quadrant disk;
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- a recliner mechanism supported by said slide-pin subassembly for pivotal displacement between a second position and a forward position.
A vehicle seat assembly, comprising;
- a seat bottom;
- a seat back;
- a lower quadrant disk;
- a slide-pin subassembly including:
- a housing supported on said lower quadrant disk for pivotal displacement between a first position and a rearward position;
- a lock pin slidably supported by said housing and engaging said lower quadrant disk, whereby said housing is selectively locked in one of said first position and said rearward position;
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- a cam plate supported for rotational displacement relative to said housing for positioning said lock pin relative to said lower quadrant disk;
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- a recliner mechanism supported by said slide-pin subassembly and attached to said seat back for pivotal displacement of said seat back relative to said seat bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.