DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE RELATIVE INCLINATION OF TWO ELEMENTS, AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE SEAT BASE AND SEAT BACK OF AN AUTOMOBILE SEAT

摘要

The device comprises an oval cam and two toothed rings which are coaxial with the cam and have the same diameter but different numbers of teeth, one of the rings being connected to one of the elements to be adjusted while the other ring is connetted to the other element, a flexible set of teeth 16 having a number of teeth less than the number of teeth of the rings, and a flexible ring. The ring has a smooth surface in facing relation to the cam and a set of teeth on the opposite side of the ring. The ring is urged by the cam into engagement with the flexible set of teeth and the latter is urged toward the teeth of the rings.