Patent ID: 11897372
Assignee: FISHER & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A recliner heart comprising:
a first locking plate including an outer diametrical surface having first teeth formed thereon;
a second locking plate rotatable relative to the first locking plate and including a first inner diametrical surface having second teeth formed thereon, some of the second teeth are meshingly engaged with some of the first teeth;
a hub extending through the first and second locking plates and configured to rotate;
a pair of wedges;
a first biasing member configured to apply a first biasing force to the pair of wedges; and
a second biasing member configured to apply a second biasing force to the pair of wedges,
wherein the hub is rotatable between a first position in which the first and second biasing forces are applied to the pair of wedges to restrict rotation of the second locking plate relative to the first locking plate, and a second position in which the first biasing force applied to one wedge of the pair of wedges is reduced to allow rotation of the second locking plate relative to the first locking plate, and
wherein each wedge includes a first end, an opposing second end, an arcuate inner surface, and an arcuate outer surface, and wherein a first groove is formed at the second end and a second groove is formed at the arcuate inner surface.