Adjustment fitting for a motor vehicle component, and method for securing the locking effect of an adjustment fitting

US8282167B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Albert Reginold Kirubaharan · Burscheid, DE
• Ingo Kienke · Wermelskirchen, DE
• Mario Budweg · Hückeswagen, DE
• Jurgen Otto · Hattingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2012
• Expiry date: May 24, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/2254
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an adjustment fitting for a motor vehicle component, especially a vehicle seat. Said adjustment fitting comprises a first part and a second part which is rotatable relative to the first part about a rotational shaft by means of a gear unit. The gear unit encompasses a first gear on the first part of the fitting and a second gear on the second part of the fitting, the second gear being disposed eccentric to the first gear. Two wedge segments are provided for securing the eccentric arrangement of the first gear relative to the second gear. The inventive adjustment fitting is characterized in that the wedge segments have an inner radius and an outer radius while the adjustment fitting further comprises a decelerating element which is fitted with an extension that starts at the rotational shaft, runs in an axial direction, and corresponds approximately to the outer radius of the wedge segments.