Patent ID: 7278689

Claim:
Inclination adjustment fitting for the back rest of a vehicle seat, comprising: a) a first fitting part affixable to a seat section of a vehicle seat; b) a second fitting part affixable to a back rest of a vehicle seat; c) the first fitting part being pivotable relative to the second fitting part around a pivoting axis; d) a wobble gearing including gearings, and being provided with the fitting parts, the gearings rolling on one another under influence of an eccentric element; e) the eccentric element being rotatable around the pivoting axis, and being provided with an eccentric ring, on which two wedge segments which cover regions of the eccentric ring lie, and the two wedge segments being arranged in a mirror image; f) the wedge segments being forced away from one another in a sense of an increase in eccentricity by spring elements resting against their first end surfaces at one end, and the first end surfaces having a gap between them created by their lateral spacing from one another; g) carrier elements being arranged between the second end surfaces of the wedge segments for the purpose of impinging upon the wedge segments and against the force of the spring device, the eccentric elements bearing the first fitting part affixable to a seat section of a vehicle seat; h) the second fitting part affixable to the back rest bearing the eccentric elements, and a contact cam, which is configured to form a unitary piece with the eccentric ring, projecting into a gap formed between the first end surfaces of the wedge segments; and i) the contact cam including a contact surface, the contact surface being configured to transfer a load via the contact surface from the second fitting part affixed to the back rest, in use, to the first fitting part affixed to the seat section of a vehicle seat, in use.