Seat reclining apparatus for vehicle seat

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9302599
APP PUB NO 20150224898A1
SERIAL NO

14419826

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A seat reclining apparatus including a base member, a rotatable cover member with an internal tooth gear, three tooth plates with external tooth gears, a pivotable cam member on an inner peripheral side of the tooth plates, a biasing member biasing each of the tooth plates, three guide projections projecting from the tooth plates toward the cover member, an annular grooved portion in the cover member, and three guide surfaces whose one or two being formed on an inner peripheral wall surface of the annular grooved portion, the remainder of the three guide surfaces being formed on the outer peripheral wall surface thereof, wherein the three guide surfaces serve to restrain displacement of the three tooth plates toward the lock position when the respective guide projections are allowed to run upon the corresponding guide surfaces.

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TF-METAL CO LTD1558 UCHIYAMA ARAI-CHO KOSAI-SHI SHIZUOKA 431-0304

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hikosaka, Toshihiro Kosai, JP 1 4
Mase, Fumisato Kosai, JP 3 21

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