Reclining device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9706844
SERIAL NO

14915615

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Provided is a reclining device that prevents a seat back from falling rearward all at once when reclined rearward. The reclining device has an external gear (63), which has a cylinder (63c) at the center, an internal gear (61), which has internal teeth that engage with the external gear (63) and a circular hole (61e) in which the cylinder (63c) is inserted, and a first wedge-shaped member (71) and a second wedge-shaped member (73), which are provided between the inner surface of the circular hole (61e) and the outer surface of the cylinder (63c). The reclining device is configured such that a load from the seat back is simultaneously applied to the first wedge-shaped member (71) and second wedge-shaped member (73).

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TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA1-1 TOYODA-CHO KARIYA-SHI AICHI 4488651

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sakurai, Noriyuki Fujisawa, JP 9 41

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