Patent ID: 6010191
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A lockable adjusting device for allowing a backrest frame of a vehicle seat to selectively pivot relative to a seat frame, the device comprising:two housing sections mounted in coaxial and rotational relation to one another about an axis;a plurality of studs extending outwardly in parallel relation to the axis, from at least one of the housing sections, for insertion into respective holes in a flange of at least one of the frames;the other housing section for attachment to a flange of the remaining frame;the holes receiving the studs being larger than the studs;a weld mass, existing in a space, between a wall of each of holes and a surface of an encircled corresponding stud for welding the stud to a respective flange;means located between the housing sections for normally maintaining the sections in rotationally locked relation;means for selectively releasing the locking means and allowing pivotal adjustment; andwherein the stud is cylindrical and the hole receiving the stud has a dimension, in at least one direction, that is greater than a diameter of the stud;and further wherein the means for locking the housing sections includes housing:(a) at least one guide groove formed in the at least one housing section;(b) a corresponding plate slidable in the guide groove; and furtherwhereineach of said studs is positioned in offset relation to each of said guide grooves.