Patent ID: 8052215
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A reclining apparatus for use with a vehicular seat having a seat cushion and a seat back rotatable relative thereto, comprising: a first angle adjusting mechanism provided at a first side of the seat in a seat width direction; a second angle adjusting mechanism provided at a second side of the seat in the seat width direction, the first angle adjusting mechanism and the second angle adjusting mechanism adjusting an angle of a second frame relative to a first frame, the first frame forming a main structure of a first portion of the seat, and the second frame forming a main structure of a second portion of the seat; a connecting shaft extending in the seat width direction and being eccentric to a center of a rotating shaft of each of the first angle adjusting mechanism and the second angle adjusting mechanism; a first actuating mechanism including a second actuating mechanism including an electric drive source supplying a drive force to the first actuating mechanism for driving thereof, the connecting shaft transmitting the drive force from the first actuating mechanism to the second actuating mechanism; a first housing including a first closed space accommodating the first actuating mechanism completely, the first end portion of the connecting shaft being inserted into the first housing; and a second housing including a second closed space accommodating the second actuating mechanism completely, the second end portion of the connecting shaft being inserted into the second housing.