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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2020
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Teraguchi, Aichi, JP;
Takeshi Nishiura, Aichi, JP;
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle seat reclining device includes a ratchet and a guide assembled to be rotatable, a plurality of pawls that are supported by a pair of guide walls provided on the guide, mesh with the ratchet, and are arranged in the relative rotation direction and restrict relative rotation between the ratchet and the guide, and a cam that moves the pawls outward. One of the pawls is a main pawl having a rattle preventing structure. The main pawl includes a bulging portion configured to abut against the pressing portion. Each of the pawls other than the main pawl do not have a bulging portion corresponding to the bulging portion of the main pawl.