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Gear assembly for a seat adjuster

US10843591B2 · kind B2 · utility

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68References

20Claims

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Assignee

Fisher & Company, Incorporated · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 31, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H2055/176
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
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. The pinion disc defines the second ring gear.

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