RECLINER FOR VEHICLE SEAT

摘要

Disclosed herein is a recliner for a vehicle seat including an external gear bracket having an external gear, an internal gear bracket having an internal gear, a socket provided with a socket protrusion and an operation protrusion, a cam sleeve configured to surround a central protrusion, and a pair of wedge blocks configured to surround of an outer peripheral surface the central protrusion, wherein a protrusion portion is formed from the cam sleeve toward each of the wedge blocks and a groove portion in which the protrusion portion is moved during operation of the wedge block is formed at an end portion of the wedge block. Accordingly, it may possible to obtain uniform actuation force by configuring the recliner such that a gap is always present between the pressed wedge block and the bush.

主权项

1. A recliner for a vehicle seat, comprising:
an external gear bracket formed with a through-hole to which a bush is fitted and coupled, the external gear bracket having an external gear; an internal gear bracket which has an internal gear engaging with the external gear and is formed with a central protrusion protruding toward the external gear bracket, a shaft passing through the central protrusion; a socket provided with a socket protrusion to which the shaft is spline-coupled, and provided with an operation protrusion which protrudes to surround a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the central protrusion, wherein the socket protrusion is formed toward the internal gear bracket; a cam sleeve configured to surround a portion of the remainder of the outer peripheral surface of the central protrusion; and a pair of wedge blocks configured to surround a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the central protrusion in a state in which one end portions of the respective wedge blocks face each other and the other end portions thereof are pressed by the operation protrusion, wherein the cam sleeve comprises protrusion portions protruding from both end portions thereof toward the wedge blocks, wherein the pair of wedge blocks comprises groove portions in which the protrusion portions are moved on inner peripheral surfaces adjacent to the other respective end portions, and wherein, when a pressing force by the operation protrusion is released, a predetermined gap is each formed between lower side surfaces of the groove portions and lower side surfaces of the protrusion portions of the cam sleeve.