Patent ID: 7285067

Claim:
A rotary recliner comprising: an outer rotary member having a first series of gear teeth on an inner circumferential surface thereof; an inner rotary member having a second series of gear teeth on an outer surface thereof; an eccentric mounted to said inner rotary member and operable to bias said second gear teeth into meshed engagement with said first gear teeth at a first position along said inner circumferential surface such that a clearance is created between said first gear teeth and said second gear teeth at a position on said inner rotary member opposite from said first position; and a wedge carrier having a body and a first pair of wedges extending from said body, said first pair of wedges joined by a bridge portion extending from said body the same distance as said first pair of wedges with each wedge including a ramped surface operable to engage and apply a radial force on said eccentric to prevent relative movement between said outer rotary member and said inner rotary member.