Vehicle seat reclining apparatus
AssigneesToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakao Saito, Toshinao Wada, Masaki Sugimoto
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Abstract
A slide member is slidable along a slide rail provided at a vehicle-body side portion. When lock pawls provided at the slide member are engaged with the slide rail, the slide member is locked. The slide member is unlocked by operating an operation cable connected to the lock pawls. The operation cable is fitted to a fitting portion of an attachment bracket connected to the slide rail. A portion from a fixed portion fixed to the fitting portion to a movable portion (one end portion) extends through a region where a non-contact portion is disposed, and does not contact the non-contact portion. The movable portion is connected to the slide member and moved integrally with the slide member.
Claims5
A vehicle seat reclining apparatus comprising:
- an engagement device provided at a seatback;
- a slider that is provided at a vehicle-body side portion, and that is engaged with the engagement device;
- a slide rail which is provided at the vehicle-body side portion, and along which the slider is slid forward and rearward, wherein the seatback is tilted in a direction in which the slider is slid, and tilting of the seatback is stopped and the seatback is held by restricting the slider from being slid along the slide rail;
- a lock provided at the slider, wherein the slider is locked by engaging the lock with the slide rail;
- an operation cable that is connected to the lock, wherein the lock is disengaged from the slide rail by operating the operation cable;
- and
- an attachment bracket which is connected to the slide rail, and to which the operation cable is fitted,
- wherein
- the attachment bracket has a stepped shape, and includes a fitting portion which contacts the operation cable, and to which the operation cable is fitted, and a non-contact portion that is recessed with respect to the fitting portion, and that is away from the operation cable and does not contact the operation cable;
- and
- a portion of the operation cable from a fixed portion to a movable portion extends through a region where the non-contact portion is disposed, and does not contact the non-contact portion, the fixed portion being fixed at a position on the fitting portion of the attachment bracket, and the movable portion being connected to the slider,
- wherein the non-contact portion of the attachment bracket shields the operation cable, so that a clearance is maintained around the operation cable at least on one side of the operation cable facing the attachment bracket, and
- the portion of the operation cable, which extends from the position on the fitting portion of the attachment bracket through the region where the non-contact portion is disposed, is gradually inclined toward the non-contact portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.