US 11,889,923 B2
Actuator for recliner
Chan Ki Cho, Gangwon-do (KR); Myung Soo Lee, Osan-si (KR); Sin Chan Yang, Hwaseong-si (KR); and In Sun Baek, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to DAECHANG SEAT CO., LTD-DONGTAN, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Filed by DAECHANG SEAT CO., LTD-DONGTAN, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/668,856.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0036553 (KR), filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295991 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A47C 1/025 (2006.01); A47C 1/024 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 1/025 (2013.01) [A47C 1/0242 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuator for a recliner, the actuator comprising:
a casing part, and
a drive part provided with a worm wheel gear located inside the casing part and rotated by an operation of a motor, and a rack gear configured to move elastically toward a first or second side of the drive part in engagement with the worm wheel gear, with cables being coupled respectively to the first and second sides of the rack gear,
wherein the rack gear comprises
insertion holes formed through portions of a front surface of the rack gear,
a head of each of the cables being inserted into each of the insertion holes so as to move to opposite sides thereof,
a fixing groove formed in such a manner that a front surface of a side of the insertion hole is recessed such that the fixing groove is connected to the insertion hole and opposite external spaces, the fixing groove having a height smaller than the head,
fixing members being in contact with a spring fixed to the casing part and elastically transformed at an initial position thereof, with the spring between the fixing members, and
a slider provided by protruding from a rear of the rack gear so as to have a shape of a stick extending toward the opposite sides of the rack gear.