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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Nhk Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Jun Shirai, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Matsuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); A47C 1/026 (2006.01); B60N 2/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/20 (2013.01); A47C 1/026 (2013.01); B60N 2/366 (2013.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.02);
Abstract
A lock release mechanism comprising: an operation lever provided at a shoulder of a seatback of a vehicle seat, the operation lever being supported to be tiltable in a seat front-and-rear direction about an axis along a seat width direction; a rod, wherein the rod comprises a coupled portion, a main body portion, and a projecting portion; and a width direction limiting portion that limits movement of the rod in the seat width direction relative to the operation lever.