Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha

Araco Kabushiki Kaisha

Arako Kabushiki Kaisha

Daisuke Ono

Toshiyuki Tanaka

Eiji Mizutani

Takuya Mizuno

Kenji Maeda

Tsutomu Maruta

Hiromi Okazaki

Yasushi Yoshikawa

A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle includes first, second, and third gear mechanisms, each gear mechanism including a first frame having an internal gear and a second frame having an external gear engaging with the internal gear, the number of teeth of the external gear being fewer than the internal gear, wherein the first gear mechanism is provided at one side of a vehicle seat, and the second and third gear mechanisms are provided at the other side, a shaft connecting the first gear mechanism with the second and third gear mechanisms, and an electric motor rotating the shaft to shift an engagement position between the internal gear and the external gear for tilting the seatback relative to the seat cushion, wherein the electric motor is disposed at one of the first frame and the second frame of the first gear mechanism provided at the one side.

Seat reclining apparatus for vehicle

A support mechanism for support of a seat cushion of a passenger seat at one side thereof on a vehicle compartment floor, which includes a side leg pivotally mounted to a support frame of the seat cushion at one side thereof to be retained in an upright position and housed in a space under the bottom of the seat cushion, a turnover spring engaged at one end thereof with the support frame of the seat cushion and at the other end thereof with the side leg for biasing the side leg toward its folding direction or set-up direction when it is turned over during pivotal movement of the side leg, a lock device for restricting pivotal movement of the side leg placed in its upright position and for retaining the side leg in its upright position; and a release lever associated with the locking device for releasing a locked condition of the side leg.

Support mechanism of vehicle seat

A vehicle seat, the seat cushion of which is divided into front and rear cushions in a fore-and-aft direction. The front cushion is rotatably mounted at its front-side lower end on a front end of a cushion frame of the vehicle seat to be tilted forward or backward. The rear cushion is placed behind the front cushion and supported by a lift mechanism mounted on a rear portion of the cushion frame. The lift mechanism is interlocked with the front cushion to raise the rear cushion to an upper position when the front cushion is tilted forward and to lower the rear cushion and place it behind the front cushion on the cushion frame in a horizontal condition when the front cushion is tilted backward and placed on the cushion frame.

Vehicle seat with height adjustable seat cushion

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Toyota, Japan

Daisuke Ono