US 12,214,701 B2
Recliner for vehicle
Seung Hun Chang, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Transys Incorporated, Seosan-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Transys Incorporated, Seosan-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,664.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0137693 (KR), filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116979 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/22 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60N 2/225 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/20 (2013.01) [B60N 2/225 (2013.01); B60N 2/2251 (2013.01); B60N 2/2252 (2013.01); B60N 2/2254 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recliner for a vehicle, the recliner comprising:
a mobile flange opened at an upper side thereof and including a seating space formed therein, an internal gear formed on an inner surface that defines the seating space, and a support portion formed at a center of the seating space and protruding upward from a lower surface, the support portion having a multistage structure having stages with different outer diameters;
an eccentric ring installed in the seating space of the mobile flange by being fitted with the support portion of the mobile flange, the eccentric ring including a corresponding end corresponding to the multistage structure of the support portion and formed on an inner surface being in contact with the support portion;
a gear plate disposed in the seating space of the mobile flange and including an external gear formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof, the external gear being configured to engage with the internal gear of the mobile flange; and
a cam disposed between the eccentric ring and the gear plate and configured to press the gear plate to one side.