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Gear assembly for a seat adjuster

US10195975B2 · kind B2 · utility

11Cited by

27References

25Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Fisher & Company, Incorporated · US

Inventors

Burckhard Becker · Solingen, DE
Mircea Napau · Sterling Heights, US
Armin Michel · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2017
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2002/924
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gear assembly for a seat adjuster includes a gear housing, a worm gear, a helical gear meshed with the worm gear, a wobble gear carried on an eccentric lobe of the helical gear, a pinion disc, a first ring gear disposed in the gear housing, a second ring gear disposed in the pinion disc, and a pinion member carrying the helical gear and the pinion disc. The wobble gear includes first and second sets of wobble gear teeth that mesh with the first and second ring gears, respectively. A housing side gear ring disposed in the gear housing defines part of the first ring gear and the gear housing defines another part of the first ring gear. A pinion disc gear ring disposed in the pinion disc defines part of the second ring gear and the pinion disc defines another part of the second ring gear.

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