Johnson Controls Technology Company

Johnson Controls Gmbh

Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.

Michael R Bittner

Michael J Kapusky

Bruce A Hiemstra

Ingo Kienke

Albert Reginold Kirubaharan

Kirubaharan Albert

Mario Budweg

Juergen Otto

Scott Profozich

Scott A Profozich

A recliner assembly for a vehicular seat of the type including a backrest hingedly connected to a seat base and capable of being reclined. The recliner assembly includes an outer gear and includes an internal teeth arranged circumferentially about an axis A. The assembly also includes an inner gear including at least one tooth engaging member selectively moveable into and out of engagement with the internal teeth of the outer gear. A retainer is attached to the outer gear in order to retain the inner gear from lateral movement along axis A. The retainer is configured for mounting to the outer gear and the inner gear is configured for mounting to at least one of a top plate and a base plate. The retainer, outer gear, and inner gears can be formed from a fine-blanked steel material and simply welded together to improve recliner strength while reducing assembly costs.

Rotary recliner

An adjustment device for a seat and more particularly, a carrier in the adjustment device having anti-rock features and increased longevity and a method of forming the outer gear out of hardened steel without the need for heat treating.

Continuously engaged recliner freeplay system and fine-blanked gear hub

An adjustment device for a vehicle component, in particular for the back rest of a vehicle seat, is proposed having a first fitting and a second fitting, wherein the relative position of the two fittings to one another can be changed by means of eccentric means, wherein a rotation of the eccentric means by means of a drive element is provided, wherein the adjustment device has a central element which is connected in a rotationally fixed fashion to the first fitting, wherein the drive element is provided mounted in an overlapping region by means of the central element. Furthermore, the invention relates to an adjustment device for a vehicle component, in particular for the back rest of a vehicle seat, having a first fitting () and a second fitting (), wherein the relative position of the two fittings to one another can be changed by means of an eccentric () which transmits a torque from a drive () to the first fitting () so that said first fitting () rolls on the second fitting (), and wherein the eccentric comprises at least one eccentric means () which can be driven by a driver () which is arranged on the drive ().

Adjuster

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Canton, MI, United States of America

Michael R Bittner