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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2001
Harald Hochmuth, Hagenbuchach, DE;
INA Walzlager Schaeffler oHG, , DE;
Abstract
An adjusting device for carrying out an adjusting function particularly for adjusting a seat of a motor vehicle comprising a housing ( ) and a pivoting lever ( ) whose one end is applied to a clamping roller switch gear ( ) arranged in the housing ( ) and comprising drive element ( ), which is pivotable by the pivoting lever ( ), and a driven element wherein for entraining the driven element, clamping rollers ( ) adapted to be clamped between the drive element ( ) and the driven element which is mounted on the housing ( ) in radial direction through a radial bearing ( ), further comprising a switchable clamping roller locking gear ( ) arranged within the hosing ( ) and whose driven shaft ( ) is adapted to be coupled to the driven coupling ring of the clamping roller switch gear ) for transmitting a rotary motion from the clamping roller switch gear ( ) to the clamping roller locking gear ( ), wherein clamping rollers ( ) are adapted to be clamped between the driven shaft ( ) of the clamping roller locking gear ( ) and the housing ( ), and the driven shaft ( ) of the clamping roller locking gear ( ) is mounted on the housing ( ) in radial direction through a radial bearing ( ).