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Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2023
Applicant:

Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;

Inventors:

Kenji Tatewaki, Aichi, JP;

Tomokazu Fukuda, Aichi, JP;

Kentaro Morishita, Aichi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/00 (2012.01); F16H 57/021 (2012.01); F16H 57/039 (2012.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/021 (2013.01); F16H 57/039 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02082 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a gearbox for vehicle seats that can inhibit rattling of its shaft while inhibiting an increase in sliding resistance at a shaft end. The gearbox is used in a movable mechanism of a vehicle seat, and including a housing, a thrust bearing, and a cap. The housing accommodates a shaft, a gear, and a rotary bearing therein, and includes a female screw portion. The thrust bearing includes a force applied portion to be in contact with an end of the shaft, a male screw portion threadedly engaged with the female screw portion, and an engaged portion arranged to interpose the male screw portion between the engaged portion and the force applied portion in an axial direction of the shaft. The cap includes an engaging portion in engagement with the engaged portion of the thrust bearing, and a removal stopper restricting removal of the thrust bearing from the housing.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Tatewaki, Kenji. (2023). Gearbox for vehicle seat (U.S. Patent No. 11781636). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11781636

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