Patent ID: 8998330
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A reclining apparatus, comprising: a first member, which is provided with internal teeth along a circumferential direction thereof; a second member, which is stacked on the first member and is provided to be rotatable relative to the first member in the circumferential direction; a pawl, which is movably provided on the second member and is provided with external teeth formed to engage with the internal teeth; a guide, which is formed in the second member to guide the pawl between a locked position in which the internal teeth are engaged with the external teeth and an unlocked position in which the internal teeth are not engaged with the external teeth; and cam parts provided between the first member and the second member to move the pawl in a position of the locked position, wherein the cam parts comprise: wherein, when the pawl located at the unlocked position moves to the locked position, the cam parts initially press the pawl with the first cam and then press the pawl with the second cam in a state where the pawl is at the locked position, and wherein, the cam parts press the pawl only with the second cam in the state where the pawl is at the locked position.