Patent ID: 9090179
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat reclining device configured to be attached to a vehicle body and to cooperate with a locking device affixed to a tiltable backrest of a vehicle seat for locking tilted positions of the backrest stepwise, the vehicle seat reclining device comprising: a rail extending along a central axial line, the rail being affixable to the vehicle body so as to be one of at least substantially tangent to and coaxial with a path traced in space by the locking device as the backrest tilts; a slider slidably supported on the rail; a striker affixed to the slider and configured to engage with the locking device; and a latch mechanism provided between the rail and the slider and configured to selectively permit or prevent sliding of the slider relative to the rail, the latch mechanism including: wherein a clearance is defined in the direction of the central axial line between the slider hole and the latch projection, and one or more shock absorbing members is disposed on a first inner surface on a first side of the slider hole in the direction of the central axial line and on a second inner surface on a second side of the slider hole in the direction of the central axial line, the second side being opposite of the first side, and the one or more shock absorbing members being resiliently deformed by, and in sliding contact with, the latch projection.