Patent ID: 9145072
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A seat reclining mechanism comprising: a seat base mounted disc adapted to be attached to a seat base; a seat back mounted disc adapted to be attached to a seat back; a plurality of elongated base mounted disc slots formed in the seat base mounted disc; a plurality of back mounted disc receiving holes formed in the seat back mounted disc; an internal disc sandwiched between the seat back mounted disc and the seat base mounted disc, the internal disc having a plurality of elongated internal disc slots formed in the internal disc; and a plurality of links, each link including a body, a load bearing pin and an adjustment pin, wherein the load-bearing pin and the adjustment pin are positioned offset from each other and extend in opposite axial directions and wherein the load-bearing pin engages a receiving hole from among the receiving holes of the back mounted disc, and the adjustment pin extends in an opposite direction from the load-bearing pin, passes through an elongated slot from among the elongated slots of the internal disc, and engages the seat base mounted disc through a base mounted disc slot from among the base mounted disc slots; wherein rotation of the internal disc causes the back mounted disc to rotate relative to the base mounted disc by sliding the adjustment pins of the links along the base mounted disc slots.