| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE31741 |
Inertially locked hinge for motor vehicle seat |
November 20, 1984 |
| A motor-vehicle seat hinge has an upper hinge element secured to the back part of the seat and a lower hinge element secured to the seat part, a positioning plate securable at any of a plurality of angularly offset positions and coacting with an abutment on the upper element to define th |
| 4488451 |
Integral hand knob gear |
December 18, 1984 |
| A remote hand knob gear as first of a train of gears for actuating a taumel hinge eccentric constructed as integral plastic support disc and gear adapted for snap on hand knob. |
| 4478455 |
Hollow eccentric bolt for taumel hinge fitting |
October 23, 1984 |
| A hollow eccentric taumel bolt having external eccentric cylindrical surfaces with parallel offset axes and an internal bearing surface for use in a taumel hinge fitting wherein adjustment is achieved by rotation of the eccentric bolt through the relative progression of a spur gear withi |
| 4469375 |
Taumel hinge recliner |
September 4, 1984 |
| Power hinge recliners for vehicle seat backs wherein sandwich taumel gearing provides high rigidity and torque capacity for accommodating power adjustment under occupant back pressure loads and including gravity release inertia latch back rest retention. Optional dual power actuated |
| 4438974 |
Guide profile for inertia latch |
March 27, 1984 |
| Improved inertia latch passenger car seat back hinge extending operative range of nose down vehicle parked condition without incurring seat back lock up. |
| 4402547 |
Power recliner with inertia latch |
September 6, 1983 |
| Power recliner with inertia latch for automotive vehicle seat including lower seat taumel, upper taumel and upper back hinge brackets with spaced pivotal connections providing power taumel adjustment of seat back angle and inertia latch controlled forward dumping of seat back with manual |
| 4366984 |
Seat back inertia latch system |
January 4, 1983 |
| An inertia latch return linkage for a seat back inertia latch system normally biasing the inertia latch to an engagement oriented position maintained by inertia effect upon sudden vehicle deceleration, such linkage being rendered inoperative to permit gravity disengagement of the ine |
| 4366983 |
Power recliner |
January 4, 1983 |
| The invention concerns a hinged recliner for seats with adjustable seat backs, especially automobile seats, where a fixed hinge part attached to the seat, and a swingable hinge part attached to the seat back are connected via an axis of rotation, and where an adjustment and locking d |
| 4355846 |
Seat back adjuster |
October 26, 1982 |
| A vehicle seat back adjuster with manually releasable forward tilt lock providing fine increments of adjustment through the combination of a translation overdrive for a fine tooth ratchet accommodated by accurate location of extremity stops and special provision for assuring full tooth |
| 4305615 |
Vehicle seat back mounting |
December 15, 1981 |
| A vehicle seat back mounting having a latch pivotably mounted for a limited swinging movement with a recessed catch shaped for engaging a projection on the stationary seat part to prevent forward tilting. The center of gravity of the latch is located laterally and below the pivot point s |
| 4295682 |
Superfine tooth seat back adjuster |
October 20, 1981 |
| A vehicle seat back adjuster for achieving fine increments of adjustment in the order of 1.degree., without resort to translation overdrive, through employment of reaction backup for teeth in the order of 1.degree. pitch in an adjustment quadrant minimizing yield of components which coul |
| 4252370 |
Inertia latch system for vehicle seat |
February 24, 1981 |
| A gravity and inertia responsive latch mechanism for accommodating pivotal forward tilting of a vehicle seat back to permit ingress and egress of back seat passengers when the vehicle is stationary without requiring manual release and for automatically preventing forward tilting of the |
