Patent ID: 8911319

Claim:
A dial recliner comprising: a holder having inner teeth at its outer circular part and a boss at its center part; a sector gear having outer teeth at its outer circular part which intermeshes with the inner teeth of the holder so that the sector gear can roll in the holder, and a circular receiving part which has its center eccentric from a center of the boss and surrounds the boss; a brake spring of a ring shape elastically held around an outer surface of the boss of the holder and having a pair of protruding ends which are separated therebetween in a circular direction with a predetermined angle; a bearing inserted in the receiving part of the sector gear to be supported in a radial direction and receiving therein the boss whose center is eccentric from that of the bearing; a cam having a center shaft part which is inserted into the boss, an operating cam part which adjoins an inner surface of the bearing and a spring operating part which is interposed between a pair of the protruding ends of the brake spring; and a pair of clutch shoes radially interposed between the brake spring and the bearing and circularly interposed between the operating cam part and one of the protruding ends respectively.