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Vehicle backrest tilt adjustment mechanism

US6010191A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 1998
Grant dateJan 4, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2/682
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The seat for automobile vehicles includes a seat frame and a backrest frame installed so as to pivot on the seat frame. A mechanism locking the backrest in position. The mechanism includes two half-housings which can rotate in relation to each other around a pivoting axis and attached to a flange of the seat frame and to a flange of the backrest frame respectively. At least one of the two half-housings includes studs inserted into holes formed in the corresponding seat frame flange and a space is then made between at least one stud and the corresponding hole into which a weld mass is deposited. The weld mass joins the seat frame half-housing to the seat frame flange.

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