Seat reclining device
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMikihito Nagura, Atsushi Abaka
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Abstract
A seat reclining device includes: a first bracket including an accommodating portion being open to an outer side of a seat in a width direction; a second bracket rotating with respect to the first bracket; a cam rotating with respect to the first bracket; a spring accommodated in the accommodating portion and biasing the cam; a pawl moved in a radial direction of the first bracket based on the rotation of the cam and engaged with the second bracket; and a cover covering the spring, wherein the cover is mounted on the accommodating portion and an outer surface of the cover on the outer side corresponds to an outer surface of the first bracket on the outer side or is positioned inside the outer surface of the first bracket in the width direction of the seat.
Claims9
A seat reclining device comprising:
- a first bracket that includes an accommodating portion which is open to an outer side of a seat in a width direction;
- a second bracket that rotates with respect to the first bracket;
- a cam that rotates with respect to the first bracket;
- a spring that is accommodated in the accommodating portion of the first bracket and biases the cam;
- a pawl that is moved in a radial direction of the first bracket based on a rotation of the cam and is engaged with the second bracket;
- and
- a cover that covers the spring,
- wherein the cover is mounted on the accommodating portion and an outermost surface of the cover on the outer side of the seat in the width direction is flush with an outer surface of the first bracket on the outer side of the seat in the width direction or is positioned axially inside relative to the outer surface of the first bracket in the width direction of the seat, and
- wherein the first bracket includes a convex portion configured to engage with a fixing member, the convex portion being formed on the outer surface of the first bracket.
A seat reclining device comprising:
- a first bracket that includes an accommodating portion which is open to an outer side of a seat in a width direction;
- a second bracket that rotates with respect to the first bracket;
- a cam that rotates with respect to the first bracket;
- a spring that is accommodated in the accommodating portion of the first bracket and biases the cam;
- a pawl that is moved in a radial direction of the first bracket based on a rotation of the cam and is engaged with the second bracket;
- and
- a cover that covers the spring,
- wherein the cover is mounted on the accommodating portion and an outer surface of the cover on the outer side of the seat in the width direction is flush with an outer surface of the first bracket on the outer side of the seat in the width direction and is positioned axially recessed relative to the outer surface of the first bracket in the width direction of the seat, and
- wherein the first bracket includes a convex portion configured to engage with a fixing member, the convex portion being formed on the outer surface of the first bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.