Patent · US Expired

Seat cushion pumping device for vehicle

US6675945B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 23, 2002
Grant dateJan 13, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2/1889
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a seat cushion pumping device for a vehicle. The device comprises a clutch section arranged between a clutch cover and a base member to generate operating force required for adjusting a height of a seat cushion, and a brake section arranged between a brake cover and the base member to conserve operating force of the clutch section. The clutch section includes a pair of clutch blocks, a lever block interposed between the pair of clutch blocks to operate them, and a lever coupled with the lever block and having a lever spring. The brake section includes a link connection gear meshed with a gear of link means, an operating plate secured around a shaft while being positioned between the link connection gear and the base member, power transmitting projections integrally formed on the base member and fitted into grooves defined on a circumferential outer surface of the operating plate to transmit operating force of the clutch section to the operating plate, brake pins each accommodated between an inclined wedge-shaped groove of the operating plate and the brake cover to transmit operating force of the base member only in an operating direction, brake springs each installed b…

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