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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:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Masaaki Nonomiya, Yokohama, JP;
Isao Hayashi, Ayase, JP;
Other;
Abstract
The invention provided a reclining apparatus is provided with a fixed plate in which a guide portion having a pair of mutually opposing guide walls is provided, a shaft provided in the fixed plate so as to freely rotate around an axis in a horizontal direction, a rotary plate relatively rotating around the shaft with respect to the fixed plate and in which an internal gear is provided along a circular arc around the shaft, a slide gear received between respective guide walls of the guide portion and freely moving between a lock position engaged with the internal gear and a lock canceling position moving apart from the internal gear, and a cam member mounted to the shaft and rotated by the shaft, thereby moving the slide gear to the lock position and the lock canceling position. A wall portion protruding to a side of the internal gear and a side of the guide portion in a plan view is provided in the slide gear, and a side surface of the wall portion is slidably in contact with the guide portion.
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