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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Aki Tanaka, Northridge, CA (US);
Assignee:
P.L. Porter Co., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
297379 ; 297216 ; 297363 ;
Abstract
A seatback recliner mechanism made up of a fixed frame attachable to a seat bottom and a plate pivoted to the fixed frame and attachable to a seat back. An inertia operated lock mechanism for locking together the pivoted plate and the fixed frame under simultaneous deceleration of both elements. The inertia operated lock mechanism consists of a pawl pivoted on the upper plate and a pendulum pivotably suspended by the upper plate such that the pendulum swings forward under deceleration of the mechanism to abut the pivoted pawl and lock the pawl to the lower fixed frame and thereby lock the seat back and seat bottom.